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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.
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.
Now Israel pleads with me,
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
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.
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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.
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.
“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?
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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.
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.
“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!
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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.
I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
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.
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 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.”
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.