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| 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. |
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| 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. |
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| 3 Israel hath cast off that which is 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 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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| 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no god; yes, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. |
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| 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall 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 among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. |
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| 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
Ephraim – Christendom. D22
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| 10 Yes, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. |
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| 11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. |
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| 12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing. |
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| 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: 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 builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. |
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