10:1 Israel is a vine with goodly branches,
her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has
multiplied [her] altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up
pillars.
10:2 They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he
shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.
10:3 Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the
Lord:
10:4 and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions [as his]
words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the
soil of the field.
10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of
On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they
shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
10:6 And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents
to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of
his counsel.
10:7 Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.
10:8 And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns
and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the
mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
10:9 From the time the hills [existed] Israel has sinned: there they stood:
war [waged] against the children of iniquity
10:10 to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations
shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins,
10:11 Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the
fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in
silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.
10:12 Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life:
light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the
fruits of righteousness come upon you.
10:13 Wherefore have ye passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the
sins of it? ye have eaten false fruit; for thou has trusted in thy sins, in
the abundance of thy power.
10:14 Therefore shall destruction rise up among thy people, and all thy
strong places shall be ruined: as a prince Solomon [departed] out of the
house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the
ground upon the children,
10:15 thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the
unrighteousness of your sins. |
10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth
forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath
increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made
goodly images.
10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break
down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the
LORD; what then should a king do to us?
10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven:
for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that
rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb:
Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed:
the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say
to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood:
the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall
be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two
furrows.
10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out
the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride;
Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your
fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.
10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the
fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy
mighty men.
10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy
fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of
battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a
morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. |