1Israel[H3478] is an empty[H1238]vine[H1612], he bringeth forth[H7737]fruit[H6529] unto himself: according to the multitude[H7230] of his fruit[H6529] he hath increased[H7235] the altars[H4196]; according to the goodness[H2896] of his land[H776] they have made goodly[H2895]images[H4676].
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Their heart[H3820] is divided[H2505]; now shall they be found faulty[H816]: he shall break down[H6202] their altars[H4196], he shall spoil[H7703] their images[H4676].
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For now they shall say[H559], We have no king[H4428], because we feared[H3372] not the LORD[H3068]; what then should a king[H4428]do[H6213] to us?
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They have spoken[H1696]words[H1697], swearing[H422]falsely[H7723] in making[H3772] a covenant[H1285]: thus judgment[H4941] springeth up[H6524] as hemlock[H7219] in the furrows[H8525] of the field[H7704].
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The inhabitants[H7934] of Samaria[H8111] shall fear[H1481] because of the calves[H5697] of Bethaven[H1007]: for the people[H5971] thereof shall mourn[H56] over it, and the priests[H3649] thereof that rejoiced[H1523] on it, for the glory[H3519] thereof, because it is departed[H1540] from it.
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It shall be also carried[H2986] unto Assyria[H804] for a present[H4503] to king[H4428]Jareb[H3377]: Ephraim[H669] shall receive[H3947]shame[H1317], and Israel[H3478] shall be ashamed[H954] of his own counsel[H6098].
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As for Samaria[H8111], her king[H4428] is cut off[H1820] as the foam[H7110]upon[H6440] the water[H4325].
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The high places[H1116] also of Aven[H206], the sin[H2403] of Israel[H3478], shall be destroyed[H8045]: the thorn[H6975] and the thistle[H1863] shall come up[H5927] on their altars[H4196]; and they shall say[H559] to the mountains[H2022], Cover[H3680] us; and to the hills[H1389], Fall[H5307] on us.
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O Israel[H3478], thou hast sinned[H2398] from the days[H3117] of Gibeah[H1390]: there they stood[H5975]: the battle[H4421] in Gibeah[H1390] against the children[H1121] of iniquity[H5932] did not overtake[H5381] them.
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It is in my desire[H185] that I should chastise[H3256] them; and the people[H5971] shall be gathered[H622] against them, when they shall bind[H631] themselves in their two[H8147]furrows[H5869].
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And Ephraim[H669] is as an heifer[H5697] that is taught[H3925], and loveth[H157] to tread out[H1758] the corn; but I passed over[H5674] upon her fair[H2898]neck[H6677]: I will make Ephraim[H669] to ride[H7392]; Judah[H3063] shall plow[H2790], and Jacob[H3290] shall break his clods[H7702].
12Sow[H2232] to yourselves in[H6310]righteousness[H6666], reap[H7114]in[H6310]mercy[H2617]; break up[H5214] your fallow ground[H5215]: for it is time[H6256] to seek[H1875] the LORD[H3068], till he come[H935] and rain[H3384]righteousness[H6664] upon you.
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Ye have plowed[H2790]wickedness[H7562], ye have reaped[H7114]iniquity[H5766]; ye have eaten[H398] the fruit[H6529] of lies[H3585]: because thou didst trust[H982] in thy way[H1870], in the multitude[H7230] of thy mighty men[H1368].
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Therefore shall a tumult[H7588]arise[H6965] among thy people[H5971], and all thy fortresses[H4013] shall be spoiled[H7703], as Shalman[H8020]spoiled[H7701]Betharbel[H1009] in the day[H3117] of battle[H4421]: the mother[H517] was dashed in pieces[H7376] upon her children[H1121].
15So[H3602] shall Bethel[H1008]do[H6213] unto you because[H6440] of your great[H7451]wickedness[H7451]: in a morning[H7837] shall the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]utterly[H1820] be cut off[H1820].