| 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit:
according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars;
according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.
2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite
their altars, he will destroy their pillars. 3 Surely now shall they say,
We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for
us? 4 They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants:
therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of
Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests
thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed
from it. 6 It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king
Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own
counsel. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the
water. 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be
destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they
shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 O
Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the
battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.
10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be
gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
11 And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out
the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a
rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to
yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow
ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness
upon you. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have
eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of
thy mighty men. 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and
all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the
day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children. 15 So
shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall
the king of Israel be utterly cut off.
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