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¹ Israel is a luxuriant vine, that puts forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.² Their heart is divided; now they shall be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.³ Surely now they shall say, We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?⁴ They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it has departed from it.⁶ It also shall be carried to Assyria for a present to the great king: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.⁷ Samaria is cut off, her king as a twig on the water.⁸ The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, 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, Fall on us.

⁹ O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the sons of iniquity does not overtake them in Gibeah.¹⁰ When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two furrows.¹¹ And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loves to tread out [the grain]; but I have passed by her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.¹² Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.¹³ You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies; for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.¹⁴ Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her sons.¹⁵ So Beth-el shall do to you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak the king of Israel shall be completely cut off.