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You Have Sinned, O Israel

¹ Israel is a ^(F1)luxuriant ^(C1)vine;
He produces fruit for himself.
The more abundant his fruit,
The more altars he ^(C2)abounded;
The better his land,
The better ^(F2)he made the sacred ^(C3)pillars.

² Their heart is ^(F1)(C1)faithless;
Now they must bear their ^(C2)guilt.
^(F2)Yahweh will ^(C3)break down their altars
And destroy their sacred pillars.

³ Surely now they will say, "We have ^(C1)no king,
For we do not fear Yahweh.
As for the king, what can he do for us?"

⁴ They speak mere words;
^(F1)With ^(C1)worthless oaths they cut covenants;
And ^(C2)judgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.

⁵ The dweller of Samaria will fear
For the ^(F1)(C1)calf of ^(C2)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its ^(C3)idolatrous priests ^(F2)will cry out over it,
Over its ^(C4)glory, since it has gone into exile from them.

⁶ The thing itself will be carried to ^(C1)Assyria
As tribute to ^(F1)(C2)King Jareb;
Ephraim will ^(C3)receive shame,
And Israel will be ashamed of its ^(C4)own counsel.

⁷ Samaria will be ^(C1)ruined with her king
Like a stick on the surface of the water.

⁸ Also the ^(C1)high places of Aven, the ^(C2)sin of Israel, will be ^(F1)eradicated;
^(C3)Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;
Then they will ^(C4)say to the mountains,
"Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"

⁹ From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
There they stand!
Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?

¹⁰ When it is My ^(C1)desire, I will ^(F1)(C2)chastise them;
And ^(C3)the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double guilt.

The Trained Heifer

¹¹ And Ephraim is a trained ^(C1)heifer that loves to thresh,
But I will ^(C2)come over her fair neck with a yoke;
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow; Jacob will harrow for himself.

^12 (C1)Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;
^(C2)Break up your fallow ground,
Indeed, it is time to ^(C3)seek Yahweh
Until He ^(C4)comes and ^(F1)(C5)rains righteousness on you.

¹³ You have ^(C1)plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice;
You have eaten the fruit of ^(C2)deception.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your ^(C3)abundant warriors,

¹⁴ Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,
And all your ^(C1)fortifications will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When ^(C2)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

¹⁵ Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely ruined.