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Israel will Reap the Whirlwind
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Israel Harvests the Whirlwind
“Sound the alarm!
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD,
for they have broken my covenant
and revolted against my law.
“Sound the alarm!
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD,
for they have broken my covenant
and revolted against my law.
They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
Now Israel pleads with me,
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
But it is too late.
The people of Israel have rejected what is good,
and now their enemies will chase after them.
The people of Israel have rejected what is good,
and now their enemies will chase after them.
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.
The people have appointed kings without my consent,
and princes without my approval.
By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold,
they have brought about their own destruction.
and princes without my approval.
By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold,
they have brought about their own destruction.
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
“O Samaria, I reject this calf —
this idol you have made.
My fury burns against you.
How long will you be incapable of innocence?
this idol you have made.
My fury burns against you.
How long will you be incapable of innocence?
For from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
This calf you worship, O Israel,
was crafted by your own hands!
It is not God!
Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
was crafted by your own hands!
It is not God!
Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
“They have planted the wind
and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
foreigners will eat it.
and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
foreigners will eat it.
Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
The people of Israel have been swallowed up;
they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.
But though they have sold themselves to many allies,
I will now gather them together for judgment.
Then they will writhe
under the burden of the great king.
I will now gather them together for judgment.
Then they will writhe
under the burden of the great king.
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
“Israel has built many altars to take away sin,
but these very altars became places for sinning!
but these very altars became places for sinning!
I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
Even though I gave them all my laws,
they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.
they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.
They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
The people love to offer sacrifices to me,
feasting on the meat,
but I do not accept their sacrifices.
I will hold my people accountable for their sins,
and I will punish them.
They will return to Egypt.
feasting on the meat,
but I do not accept their sacrifices.
I will hold my people accountable for their sins,
and I will punish them.
They will return to Egypt.
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.
Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”