Hosea:10-14

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* 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 . * Their heart is divided ; now shall they be found faulty : he shall break down their altars , he shall spoil their images . * For now they shall say , We have no king , because we feared not the LORD ; what then should a king do to us ? * They have spoken words , swearing falsely in making a covenant : thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field . * The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven Beyth : 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 . * 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 . * As for Samaria , her king is cut off as the foam upon the water . * The high places also of Aven , the sin of Israel Yisra #el #, 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 gib #ah #, Fall on us . * O Israel Yisra #el #, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah Gib #ah #: there they stood : the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them . * 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 . * And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught , and loveth to tread out the corn ; but I passed over upon her fair neck tsavva #r #: I will make Ephraim to ride ; Judah shall plow , and Jacob shall break his clods . * 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 . * 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 . * Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people , and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled , as Shalman spoiled Betharbel Beyth #Arbe #l # in the day of battle : the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children . * So shall Bethel Beyth -#El # do unto you because of your great wickedness : in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off . * When Israel was a child na #ar #, then I loved him , and called my son out of Egypt . * As they called them , so they went from them : they sacrificed unto Baalim Ba #al #, and burned incense to graven images . * I taught # Ephraim also to go , taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that I healed them . * I drew them with cords of a man , with bands of love : and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws , and I laid meat unto them . * He shall not return into the land of Egypt , but the Assyrian shall be his king , because they refused to return . * And the sword shall abide on his cities , and shall consume his branches , and devour them , because of their own counsels mow #etsah #. * And my people are bent to backsliding from me : though they called them to the most High , none at all would exalt him . * How shall I give thee up , Ephraim ? how shall I deliver thee , Israel Yisra #el #? how shall I make thee as Admah ? how shall I set thee as Zeboim Ts @bo #iym #? mine heart is turned within me , my repentings are kindled together . * I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger , I will not return to destroy Ephraim : for I am God , and not man ; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city . * They shall walk after the LORD : he shall roar like a lion : when he shall roar , then the children shall tremble from the west . * They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt , and as a dove out of the land of Assyria : and I will place them in their houses , saith the LORD . * Ephraim compasseth me about with lies , and the house of Israel with deceit : but Judah yet ruleth with God , and is faithful with the saints . * Ephraim feedeth on wind , and followeth after the east wind : he daily increaseth lies and desolation ; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians , and oil is carried into Egypt . * The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah , and will punish Jacob according to his ways ; according to his doings will he recompense him . * He took his brother by the heel in the womb , and by his strength he had power with God : * Yea , he had power over the angel mal #ak #, and prevailed : he wept , and made supplication unto him : he found him in Bethel Beyth -#El #, and there he spake with us ; * Even the LORD God of hosts ; the LORD is his memorial . * Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment , and wait on thy God continually . * He is a merchant K @na #an #, the balances of deceit are in his hand : he loveth to oppress . * And Ephraim said , Yet I am become rich , I have found me out substance : in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin . * And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles , as in the days of the solemn feast mow #ed #. * I have also spoken by the prophets , and I have multiplied visions , and used similitudes , by the ministry of the prophets . * Is there iniquity in Gilead Gil #ad #? surely they are vanity : they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal ; yea , their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields . * And Jacob fled into the country of Syria , and Israel served for a wife , and for a wife he kept sheep . * And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt , and by a prophet was he preserved . * Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly : therefore shall he leave his blood upon him , and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him . * When Ephraim spake trembling , he exalted himself in Israel Yisra #el #; but when he offended in Baal Ba #al #, he died . * And now they sin more and more , and have made them molten images of their silver , and idols according to their own understanding , all of it the work of the craftsmen : they say of them , Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves . * Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud , and as the early dew that passeth away , as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor , and as the smoke out of the chimney . * Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt , and thou shalt know no god but me : for there is no saviour beside me . * I did know thee in the wilderness , in the land of great drought tal #uwbah #. * According to their pasture mir #iyth #, so were they filled ; they were filled , and their heart was exalted ; therefore have they forgotten me . * Therefore I will be unto them as a lion : as a leopard by the way will I observe them : * I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps , and will rend the caul of their heart , and there will I devour them like a lion : the wild beast shall tear them . * O Israel Yisra #el #, thou hast destroyed thyself ; but in me is thine help . * I will be thy king : where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities ? and thy judges of whom thou saidst , Give me a king and princes ? * I gave thee a king in mine anger , and took him away in my wrath . * The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up ; his sin is hid . * The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him : he is an unwise son ; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children . * I will ransom them from the power of the grave sh @#owl #; I will redeem them from death : O death , I will be thy plagues ; O grave sh @#owl #, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes . * Though he be fruitful among his brethren , an east wind shall come , the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness , and his spring shall become dry , and his fountain shall be dried up : he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels . * Samaria shall become desolate ; for she hath rebelled against her God : they shall fall by the sword : their infants shall be dashed in pieces , and their women with child shall be ripped up . * O Israel Yisra #el #, return unto the LORD thy God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity . * Take with you words , and turn to the LORD : say unto him , Take away all iniquity , and receive us graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips . * Asshur shall not save us ; we will not ride upon horses : neither will we say any more to the work of our hands , Ye are our gods : for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy . * I will heal their backsliding , I will love them freely : for mine anger is turned away from him . * I will be as the dew unto Israel Yisra #el #: he shall grow as the lily , and cast forth his roots as Lebanon . * His branches shall spread , and his beauty shall be as the olive tree , and his smell as Lebanon . * They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they shall revive as the corn , and grow as the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon . * Ephraim shall say , What have I to do any more with idols ? I have heard him , and observed him : I am like a green fir tree . From me is thy fruit found . * Who is wise , and he shall understand these things ? prudent , and he shall know them ? for the ways of the LORD are right , and the just shall walk in them : but the transgressors shall fall therein .

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