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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 cry to Me,
‘My God, we know You!’
‘My God, we know You!’
Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
The enemy will pursue him.
But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
an enemy will pursue him.
“They set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves —
That they might be cut off.
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves —
That they might be cut off.
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?
For from Israel is even this:
A workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
A workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
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.
“They sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
Aliens would swallow it up.
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
Aliens would swallow it up.
“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;
Now they are among the Gentiles
Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
Now they are among the Gentiles
Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
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,
Like a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
Like a wild donkey alone by itself;
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.
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 made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.
They have become for him altars for sinning.
“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.
these have become altars for sinning.
I have written for him the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
But they were considered 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.
For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh 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.
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.
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.”