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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 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.
Now Israel pleads with me,
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
‘Help us, for you are our God!’
To me they cry,
“My God, we — Israel — know you.”
“My God, we — Israel — know you.”
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 has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.
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 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.
“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?
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.
“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 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.
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;
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.
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.
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.
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.
“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 has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
they have become to him altars for sinning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.