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Israel’s Sin and Captivity
1Israel ⚓empties his vine;
He brings forth fruit for himself.
According to the multitude of his fruit
⚓He has increased the altars;
According to the bounty of his land
They have embellished his sacred pillars.
2Their heart is ⚓divided;
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.
3For now they say,
“We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord.
And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
4They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up ⚓like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the ⚓calf of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And its priests shriek for it—
Because its ⚓glory has departed from it.
6The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King ⚓Jareb.
Ephraim shall receive shame,
And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7As for Samaria, her king is cut off
Like a twig on the water.
8Also the ⚓high places of Aven, ⚓the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
⚓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 in Gibeah against the children of iniquity
Did not overtake them.
10When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
⚓Peoples shall be gathered against them
When I bind them for their two transgressions.
11Ephraim is⚓a trained heifer
That loves to thresh grain;
But I harnessed her fair neck,
I will make Ephraim pull a plow.
Judah shall plow;
Jacob shall break his clods.”
12Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
⚓Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He ⚓comes and rains righteousness on you.
13⚓You have plowed wickedness;
You have reaped iniquity.
You have eaten the fruit of lies,
Because you trusted in your own way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.
14Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
15Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
Because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel
Shall be cut off utterly.
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1Yixayee yog tsob txwv maab kws hlub zoo hab txw txwv ncw.
Yimfuab txw txwv ntau kuj yimfuab ua thaaj teev daab ntau.
Thaus puab lub tebchaws vaam meej tuaj,
puab yimfuab ua tej ncej teev daab zoo nkauj tuaj.
2Puab lub sab daag,
nwgnuav puab txhad yuav tsum rws puab lub txem.
Yawmsaub yuav tsoo puab tej thaaj pov tseg,
hab muab puab tej ncej teev daab ua kuas puam tsuaj.
3Thaus hov puab yuav has tas,
“Peb tsw muaj vaajntxwv
vem peb tsw paub ntshai Yawmsaub.
Yog peb muaj vaajntxwv
nwg yuav paab tau peb le caag?”
4Puab has lug do do xwb,
puab laam cog lug twv qhuav qhuav xwb.
Vem le nuav kev ua plaub ua ntug yuav hlaav tuaj
yaam nkaus le tej nroj tsuag muaj taug
tuaj lawv kwj nav khais huv daim teb.
5Cov Xamali tshee quas nyo vem txhawj
txug tug txoov daab thaav nyuj ntawm Npe‑avee.
Puab yuav quaj ntsuag hab cov pov thawj kws teev daab
yuav quaj nyav tug txoov daab,
vem tug txoov daab hov lub koob meej pluj lawm.
6Tug txoov daab hov yuav raug coj moog rua Axilia tebchaws
pub ua tshaav ntuj rua tug vaajntxwv kws luj kawg.
Efa‑i yuav raug poob ntsej muag,
Yixayee yuav txaaj muag
vem yog qhov kws ua txoov daab.⚓
7Xamali tug vaajntxwv yuav puam tsuaj,
yaam nkaus le tej nplais ntoo
ntaab sau nplaim dej moog.
8Tej chaw sab teev daab huv lub moos Avee,
kws yog Yixayee lub txem,
yuav raug puam tsuaj taag.
Tej xuav paug hab nroj tsuag
yuav tuaj rua sau puab tej thaaj xyeem.
Puab yuav has rua tej roob tas,
“Ca le txhub hlo peb lauj,”
hab has rua tej pov roob tas,
“Ca le nphau lug tsuam peb.”
9“Cov Yixayee 'e, mej yeej ua txhum
txwj thaus ua huv lub moos Kinpe‑a.
Puab tseed ua quj qeeg ntawm lub chaw hov lug le.
Kev ua rog tseed yuav tsw lug raug puab
ntawm Kinpe‑a lov?
10Kuv yuav tuaj rau txem rua cov tuabneeg tawv ncauj hov.
Ib tsoom tebchaws yuav sau zog tuaj ua ke
tawm tsaam puab,
mas puab yuav raug khi
vem muaj ob npaug kev txhum.
11Efa‑i yog tug xyuas nyuj kws cob tau,
nwg nyam tsuj qoob huv lub tshaav,
kuv tsw tau yuam nwg lub cej daab zoo nkauj
ua num nyaav.
Tassws kuv yuav muab Efa‑i hai tug quab,
Yuta yuav tsum laij,
Yakhauj yuav tsum muab lob phuaj sua.
12Ca le tseb txujkev ncaaj nceeg rua mej tug kheej,
ca le sau tej kws tau ntawm qhov kws hlub kuv,
ca le laij daim teb kws muab tso tseg lawm,
tsua qhov txug swjhawm kws yuav moog nrhav Yawmsaub,
sub nwg txhad lug tso txujkev dim rua mej.
13Mej tub cog txujkev limham lawm,
mej tub sau txujkev phem,
mej tub saws tej kws mej daag tau lug noj.
Vem mej tso sab rua mej tej tsheb neeg ua rog
hab tso sab rua mej cov tub rog kws coob coob,
14lub suab ua rog txhad yuav nrov tshwm
rua huv mej haiv tuabneeg,
mej tej chaw ruaj khov huvsw
yuav raug muab ua puam tsuaj,
ib yaam le Samaa muab lub moos Npe Anpee
ua puam tsuaj rua nub kws ua rog.
Leej nam raug muab ntsawm nduag ua tej dwb daim
nrug nwg cov mivnyuas ua ke.
15Cov tuabneeg huv Npe‑ee 'e,
mej yuav raug le nuav ntaag lauj,
tsua qhov mej txujkev limham luj kawg le.
Thaus kaaj ntug Yixayee tug vaajntxwv
yuav raug muab txav tu nrho.”