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1 Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
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Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
2 They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
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Israel cries to me, "My God, we—Israel—know you!"
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
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Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
4 They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
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They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
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Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
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For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7 For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
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For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
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Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
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For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for lovers.
10 But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.
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Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
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When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.
12 I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
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Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.
13 They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14 And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
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Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.
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