1: Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle
against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my
covenant, and trespassed against my law. |
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2: Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. |
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3:
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall
pursue him. |
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4: They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes,
and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them
idols, that they may be cut off. |
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5: Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? |
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6: For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it
is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. |
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7: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the
whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. |
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8: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles
as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. |
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9: For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
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10: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I
gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king
of princes. |
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11: Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be
unto him to sin. |
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12: I have written to him the great things of my law, but they
were counted as a strange thing. |
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13: They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings,
and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. |
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14: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples;
and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his
cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. |