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Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind
Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
“Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
“Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
To me they cry,
“My God, we — Israel — know you.”
“My God, we — Israel — know you.”
Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.
the enemy shall pursue him.
But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
an enemy will pursue him.
They made kings, but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?
They are from Israel!
This calf — a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf of Samaria.
This calf — a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf of Samaria.
For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
strangers would devour it.
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
strangers would devour it.
“They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.
Israel is swallowed up;
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
like a wild donkey wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And the king and princes shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.
I will soon gather them up.
And the king and princes shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.
Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.
They will begin to waste away
under the oppression of the mighty king.
I will now gather them together.
They will begin to waste away
under the oppression of the mighty king.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
they have become to him altars for sinning.
“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.
these have become altars for sinning.
Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.
but they regarded them as something foreign.
As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
and though they eat the meat,
the Lord is not pleased with them.
Now he will remember their wickedness
and punish their sins:
They will return to Egypt.
and though they eat the meat,
the Lord is not pleased with them.
Now he will remember their wickedness
and punish their sins:
They will return to Egypt.
For Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
Israel has forgotten their Maker
and built palaces;
Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
that will consume their fortresses.”
and built palaces;
Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
that will consume their fortresses.”