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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 Reaps the Whirlwind
Put the trumpet to your lips!
Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.
Put the trumpet to your lips!
Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD,
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 cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
an enemy will pursue him.
Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
The enemy will 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 appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might 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?
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
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 even this!
A craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
A craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to 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 sow the wind
And they reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
It yields no grain.
Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
And they reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
It yields no grain.
Should it yield, strangers would 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;
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel in which no one delights.
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel in which no one delights.
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 have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has 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.
Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will gather them up;
And they will begin to diminish
Because of the burden of the king of princes.
Now I will gather them up;
And they will begin to diminish
Because of 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.
Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.
They have become altars of sinning for him.
I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.
but they regarded them as something foreign.
Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.
They are regarded 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.
As for My sacrificial gifts,
They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the LORD has taken no delight in them.
Now He will remember their iniquity,
And punish them for their sins;
They will return to Egypt.
They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the LORD has taken no delight in them.
Now He will remember their iniquity,
And punish them for their sins;
They will 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 has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.