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\c 10
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\q
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\v 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit.
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\q As his fruit increased,
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\q the more altars he built.
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\q As his land produced more,
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\q he improved his pillars.
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\q
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\v 2 Their heart is deceitful;
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\q now they must bear their guilt.
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\q Yahweh will demolish their altars;
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\q he will destroy their pillars.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For then they will say,
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\q "We have no king,
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\q for we did not fear Yahweh,
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\q and a king—what could he do for us?"
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\b
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\q
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\v 4 They speak empty words
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\q and make covenants by swearing falsely.
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\q So justice springs up
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\q like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
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\q
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\v 5 The inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid
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\q because of the calves of Beth Aven.
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\q Its people mourned over them,
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\q as did those idolatrous priests who had rejoiced over them
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\q and their splendor,
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\q but they are no longer there.
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\q
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\v 6 They will be carried to Assyria
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\q as a present for the great king.
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\q Ephraim will be disgraced,
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\q and Israel will be ashamed of its idol.
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\q
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\v 7 Samaria's king
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\q will be destroyed,
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\q like a chip of wood on the surface of the water.
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\q
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\v 8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed.
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\q This is the sin of Israel!
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\q Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.
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\q The people will say to the mountains, "Cover us!"
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\q and to the hills, "Fall on us!"
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\q
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\v 9 "Israel,
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\q you have sinned since the days of Gibeah;
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\q there you have remained.
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\q Will not war overtake the sons of wrong in Gibeah?
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\b
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\q
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\v 10 When I desire it, I will discipline them.
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\q The nations will gather together against them
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\q and put them in bonds for their double iniquity.
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\q
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\v 11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh the grain,
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\q so I will put a yoke on her fair neck.
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\q I will put a yoke on Ephraim;
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\q Judah will plow;
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\q Jacob will pull the harrow by himself.
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\b
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\q
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\v 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves,
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\q and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness.
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\q Break up your unplowed ground,
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\q for it is time to seek Yahweh,
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\q until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
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\q
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\v 13 You have plowed wickedness;
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\q you reaped injustice.
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\q You have eaten the fruit of deception
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\q because you trusted in your plans
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\q and in your many soldiers.
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\q
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\v 14 So a tumult of war will rise among your people,
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\q and all your fortified cities will be destroyed.
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\q It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle,
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\q when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.
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\q
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\v 15 So it will happen to you, Bethel,
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\q because of your great wickedness.
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\q At daybreak the king of Israel will be completely cut off."
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