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{cf15i SET} the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle {cf15i he cometh} against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. |
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They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. |
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Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
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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. |
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He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? |
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For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. |
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For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. |
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Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. |
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For they are gone up to Assyria, {cf15i like} a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
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Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. |
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Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin. |
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Though I write for him my law in ten thousand {cf15i precepts}, they are counted as a strange thing. |
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As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. |
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. |
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