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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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¹以色列是茂盛的葡萄树，
结果繁多。
果子越多，
就越增添祭坛；
土地越肥美，
就越建造美丽的柱像。
²他们心怀二意，
现今要定为有罪。
耶和华必拆毁他们的祭坛，
粉碎他们的柱像。

³现在他们要说：
“我们没有王；
因为我们不敬畏耶和华，
王又能为我们做什么呢？”
⁴他们讲空话，
以假誓立约；
因此，惩罚如苦菜滋生
在田间的犁沟中。

⁵撒玛利亚的居民必因伯．亚文的牛犊惊恐；
它的百姓为它悲哀，
它的祭司为它战兢，
因为荣耀已经离开它。
⁶人必将牛犊带到亚述，
当作礼物献给大王。
以法莲必蒙羞，
以色列必因自己的计谋惭愧。
⁷撒玛利亚的王要灭亡，
如水面上的泡沫一般。
⁸亚文的丘坛，
以色列犯罪的地方必毁坏，
荆棘和蒺藜必长在他们的祭坛上。
他们要向大山说：遮盖我们！
向小山说：倒在我们身上！

上帝审判以色列

⁹以色列啊，
你从基比亚的日子以来就时常犯罪，
他们仍停留在那里。
攻击罪孽之辈的战事岂不会临到基比亚吗？
¹⁰我必随己意惩罚他们，
他们为双重的罪所缠；
万民必聚集攻击他们。

¹¹以法莲是驯良的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷，
我要将轭套在它肥美的颈项上，
我要使以法莲被套住；
犹大必耕田，
雅各必耙地。
¹²你们要为自己栽种公义，
收割慈爱。
你们要开垦荒地，
现今正是寻求耶和华的时候；
等他临到，公义必如雨降给你们。

¹³你们耕种奸恶，
收割罪孽，
吃的是谎言的果实。
因你倚靠自己的行为，
仰赖你众多的勇士，
¹⁴所以在你百姓中必掀起闹哄，
你一切的堡垒必被拆毁，
就如沙勒幔在争战的日子拆毁伯．亚比勒，
将城中的母子一同摔碎。
¹⁵伯特利⚓啊，因你们的大恶，
你们必遭遇如此。
黎明来临，以色列的王必全然灭绝。