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Chapter
10
- 10:1
- Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself:
according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the
altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made
goodly images.
- 10:2
- Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he
shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
- 10:3
- For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared
not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
- 10:4
- They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant:
thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the
field.
- 10:5
- The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves
of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and
the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof,
because it is departed from it.
- 10:6
- It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king
Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed
of his own counsel.
- 10:7
- As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the
water.
- 10:8
- The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be
destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their
altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to
the hills, Fall on us.
- 10:9
- O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there
they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity
did not overtake them.
- 10:10
- It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people
shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves
in their two furrows.
- 10:11
- And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to
tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I
will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall
break his clods.
- 10:12
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break
up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till
he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- 10:13
- Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have
eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way,
in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- 10:14
- Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all
thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel
in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her
children.
- 10:15
- So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness:
in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
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