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1. Israel is like a large vine that produced plenty of fruit. As the people became richer, they built more altars for idols. As their land became better, they put up better stone pillars to honor gods.
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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 .
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2. Their heart was false, and now they must pay for their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars; he will destroy their holy stone pillars.
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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 .
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3. Then they will say, "We have no king, because we didn't honor the Lord. As for the king, he couldn't do anything for us."
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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?
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4. They make many false promises and agreements which they don't keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.
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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 .
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5. The people from Israel are worried about the calf-shaped idol at Beth Aven. The people will cry about it, and the priests will cry about it. They used to shout for joy about its glory,
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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.
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6. but it will be carried off to Assyria as a gift to the great king. Israel will be disgraced, and the people will be ashamed for not obeying.
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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 .
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7. Israel will be destroyed; its king will be like a chip of wood floating on the water.
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7. As for Samaria H8111 , her king H4428 is cut off H1820 as the foam H7110 upon H5921 H6440 the water H4325 .
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8. The places of false worship will be destroyed, the places where Israel sins. Thorns and weeds will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"
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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.
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9. "Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and the people there have continued sinning. But war will surely overwhelm them in Gibeah, because of the evil they have done there.
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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.
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10. When I am ready, I will come to punish them. Nations will come together against them, and they will be punished for their double sins.
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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 .
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11. Israel is like a well-trained young cow that likes to thresh grain. I will put a yoke on her neck and make her work hard in the field. Israel will plow, and Judah will break up the ground.
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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 .
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12. I said, 'Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. and pours goodness on you like water.'
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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.
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13. But you have plowed evil and harvested trouble; you have eaten the fruit of your lies. Because you have trusted in your own power and your many soldiers,
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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 .
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14. your people will hear the noise of battle, and all your strong, walled cities will be destroyed. destroyed Beth Arbel in battle, when mothers and their children were bashed to death.
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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 .
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15. The same will happen to you, people of Bethel, because you did so much evil. When the sun comes up, the king of Israel will die.
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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 .
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