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Israel Reaps the Whirlwind
aSet the trumpet to your lips announcing impending judgment!bLike a great vulture the enemy comes cagainst the house of the LORD,Because they have dbroken My covenantAnd transgressed and rebelled against My elaw.2 Then athey will cry out to Me,“My God, bwe of Israel know You!”3 Israel has rejected the good;The enemy shall pursue him.4 aThey set up kings, but not from Me therefore without My blessing;They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.With their bsilver and their gold they made idols for themselves,That they might be cut off.5 He has rejected your pagan acalf, O Samaria, saying,“My wrath burns against them.”How long will they be incapable of binnocence?6 For even this loathsome calf is from Israel.A acraftsman made it, so it is not God;Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces and go up in flames.7 For athey sow the wind in evilAnd they reap the bwhirlwind in disaster.The standing grain has cno growth;It yields no grain.If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is as if aswallowed up by enemies;They are now among the nationsLike a bvessel of cheap, coarse pottery that is useless.9 For they have gone up to aAssyria,bLike a wild donkey wandering alone and taking her own way;Ephraim has chired lovers (pagan allies) .10 Yes, even though with presents they hire allies among the nations,Now I will agather them up;And in a little while they will begin 1bto grow weak and diminishBecause of the burden imposed by the cking of princes the king of Assyria.
11 For Ephraim has aconstructed many altars for sin;They are altars intended for sinning which multiply his guilt.12 aI wrote for him the ten thousand precepts of My blaw,But they are regarded as a strange thing which does not concern him.13 As for My asacrificial offerings,They bsacrifice the meat as a mere formality and eat it,But the LORD is not pleased with them and does not accept them.Now He will cremember and take into account their wickedness and guilt,And dpunish them for their sins.They will return in captivity to another eEgypt that is, Assyria. Deut 28:6814 For Israel has aforgotten his Maker and bbuilt palaces and pagan temples,And Judah has built many fortified cities;But I will send a cfire upon their cities so that it may consume their palaces and fortresses. Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2, 5
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Israel Reaps the Whirlwind
aPut the trumpet to your 1lips!bLike an eagle the enemy comes cagainst the house of the LORD,Because they have dtransgressed My covenantAnd rebelled against My elaw.2 aThey cry out to Me,“My God, bwe of Israel know You!”3 Israel has rejected the good;The enemy will pursue him.4 aThey have set up kings, but not by Me;They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.With their bsilver and gold they have made idols for themselves,That 1they might be cut off.5 1He has rejected your acalf, O Samaria, saying,“My anger burns against them!”How long will they be incapable of binnocence?6 For from Israel is even this!A acraftsman made it, so it is not God;Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to 1pieces.7 For athey sow the windAnd they reap the bwhirlwind.The standing grain has no 1heads;It yields cno 2grain.Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is aswallowed up;They are now among the nationsLike a bvessel in which no one delights.9 For they have gone up to aAssyria,Like ba wild donkey all alone;Ephraim has chired 1lovers.10 Even though they hire allies among the nations,Now I will agather them up;And they will begin bto 1diminishBecause of the burden of the cking of princes.
11 Since Ephraim has amultiplied altars for sin,They have become altars of sinning for him.12 Though aI wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My blaw,They are regarded as a strange thing.13 As for My asacrificial gifts,They bsacrifice the flesh and eat it,But the LORD has taken no delight in them.Now He will cremember their iniquity,And dpunish them for their sins;They will return to eEgypt.14 For Israel has aforgotten his Maker and bbuilt palaces;And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,But I will send a cfire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.