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| 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He cometh as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law. |
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| 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; we, Israel. |
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| 3 Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
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| 4 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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| 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity? |
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| 6 For from Israel is this also: --a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. |
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| 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. |
Reap the whirlwind – A principle of the divine law. (Gal. 6:7; Prov. 22:8; 2 Cor. 9:6) R1653:3
The time of trouble. D528
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| 8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. |
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| 9 For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
Ephraim – Christendom. D22
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| 10 Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes. |
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| 11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. |
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| 12 I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted as a strange thing. |
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| 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. |
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| 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. |
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