The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 "Put the shofar to your lips! Like a vulture [he swoops down] on the house of ADONAI, because they have violated my covenant and sinned intentionally against my Torah.
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Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
2 Will they cry out to me, 'We are Isra'el, God, we know you'?
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Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3 Isra'el has thrown away what is good; the enemy will pursue him.
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Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4 They make kings, but without my authority; they appoint leaders, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, but these can lead only to their own destruction.
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They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Your calf, Shomron, has been thrown away; my fury burns against them. How long will it be until they are able to make themselves clean?
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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6 Here is what Isra'el produces: a craftsman makes something - it's a non-god; the calf of Shomron will be broken to pieces.
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For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 For they sow the wind, so they will reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no ears, so it will yield no flour; and if it does yield any, foreigners will swallow it up.
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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
8 Isra'el is swallowed up; now they are among the Goyim like a vessel nobody wants.
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Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 For they have gone up to Ashur; like a wild donkey, alone by itself, Efrayim has bargained for lovers.
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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10 But even if they bargain among the Goyim, now I will round them up. Soon they will start to feel the burden of these kings and leaders.
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Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
11 For Efrayim keeps building altars for sin; yes, altars are sinful for him.
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Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 I write him so many things from my Torah, yet he considers them foreign.
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I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 They offer me sacrifices of flesh and eat them, but ADONAI does not accept them. Now he will recall their crimes and punish their sins - they will return to Egypt.
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They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 For Isra'el forgot his maker and built palaces; and Y'hudah made more fortified cities; but I will send fire on his cities, and it will consume their strongholds."
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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