1 Israel H3478 is an empty H1238 vine, H1612 he bringeth forth H7737 fruit H6529 unto himself : according to the multitude H7230 of his fruit H6529 he hath increased H7235 the altars; H4196 according to the goodness H2896 of his land H776 they have made goodly H3190 images. H4676
2 Their heart H3820 is divided; H2505 now H6258 shall they be found faulty: H816 he H1931 shall break down H6202 their altars, H4196 he shall spoil H7703 their images. H4676
3 For H3588 now H6258 they shall say, H559 We have no H369 king, H4428 because H3588 we feared H3372 not H3808 H853 the LORD; H3068 what H4100 then should a king H4428 do H6213 to us?
4 They have spoken H1696 words, H1697 swearing H422 falsely H7723 in making H3772 a covenant: H1285 thus judgment H4941 springeth up H6524 as hemlock H7219 in H5921 the furrows H8525 of the field. H7704
5 The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria H8111 shall fear H1481 because of the calves H5697 of Beth- H1007 aven: for H3588 the people H5971 thereof shall mourn H56 over H5921 it , and the priests H3649 thereof that rejoiced H1523 on H5921 it, for H5921 the glory H3519 thereof, because H3588 it is departed H1540 from H4480 it.
6 It shall be also H1571 carried H2986 unto Assyria H804 for a present H4503 to king H4428 Jareb: H3377 Ephraim H669 shall receive H3947 shame, H1317 and Israel H3478 shall be ashamed H954 of his own counsel H4480 H6098 .
7 As for Samaria, H8111 her king H4428 is cut off H1820 as the foam H7110 upon H5921 H6440 the water. H4325
8 The high places H1116 also of Aven, H206 the sin H2403 of Israel, H3478 shall be destroyed: H8045 the thorn H6975 and the thistle H1863 shall come up H5927 on H5921 their altars; H4196 and they shall say H559 to the mountains, H2022 Cover H3680 us ; and to the hills, H1389 Fall H5307 on H5921 us.
9 O Israel, H3478 thou hast sinned H2398 from the days H4480 H3117 of Gibeah: H1390 there H8033 they stood: H5975 the battle H4421 in Gibeah H1390 against H5921 the children H1121 of iniquity H5932 did not H3808 overtake H5381 them.
10 It is in my desire H185 that I should chastise H3256 them ; and the people H5971 shall be gathered H622 against H5921 them , when they shall bind H631 themselves in their two H8147 furrows. H5869
11 And Ephraim H669 is as a heifer H5697 that is taught, H3925 and loveth H157 to tread out H1758 the corn ; but I H589 passed over H5674 upon H5921 her fair H2898 neck: H6677 I will make Ephraim H669 to ride; H7392 Judah H3063 shall plow, H2790 and Jacob H3290 shall break his clods. H7702
12 Sow H2232 to yourselves in righteousness, H6666 reap H7114 in H6310 mercy; H2617 break up H5214 your fallow ground: H5215 for it is time H6256 to seek H1875 H853 the LORD, H3068 till H5704 he come H935 and rain H3384 righteousness H6664 upon you.
13 Ye have plowed H2790 wickedness, H7562 ye have reaped H7114 iniquity; H5766 ye have eaten H398 the fruit H6529 of lies: H3585 because H3588 thou didst trust H982 in thy way, H1870 in the multitude H7230 of thy mighty men. H1368
14 Therefore shall a tumult H7588 arise H6965 among thy people, H5971 and all H3605 thy fortresses H4013 shall be spoiled, H7703 as Shalman H8020 spoiled H7701 Beth- H1009 arbel in the day H3117 of battle: H4421 the mother H517 was dashed in pieces H7376 upon H5921 her children. H1121
15 So H3602 shall Bethel H1008 do H6213 unto you because H4480 H6440 of your great wickedness H7451 H7451 : in a morning H7837 shall the king H4428 of Israel H3478 utterly be cut off H1820 H1820 .