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Israel - an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: the more his fruit he hath increased the altars; The better his land, the more they adorn idols. |
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Their heart is divided, for they will be punished: He will destroy their altars, crush their idols. |
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Now they say, `We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; and the king, he --What do we? ' |
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Say the word [blank], swear falsely, conclude alliances; for what will be a trial of them, like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. |
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For the calf of Beth Aven inhabitants of Samaria tremble; mourn for him his people, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, will cry for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. |
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It shall be carried to Assyria, a gift to the king Jareb: Ephraim shall be ashamed of shame, and Israel of his own counsel. |
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As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam on the water surface. |
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And it shall be cut off height of Aven, the sin of Israel; Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars, and they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us', and to the hills, 'Fall on us'.
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More than in the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel; there they stood; the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. |
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At the request of my visit them, and the nations will gather against them, and they will be bound for their double crime. |
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Ephraim - trained heifer accustomed to thresh, and I myself will put a yoke on his neck fat; Ephraim will be on the ride; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods. |
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, that he come and rain righteousness upon you. |
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You have plowed wickedness, reaped iniquity, eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. |
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A tumult among your people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle: the mother was killed with children. |
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This is what will cause you Bethel for the extreme wickedness of yours. |
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