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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.
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 cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
an enemy will pursue him.
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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.
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.
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?
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled 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 from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
“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.
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.
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.
Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
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.
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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.
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.
“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.
these have become altars for sinning.
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.
but they regarded them as something foreign.
I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
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.
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.
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.”
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.