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\c 10
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\q1
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\v 1 Israel is like a vine
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\q2 that produces many bundles of grapes.
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\q1 But the more their fruit increased, the richer they became.
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\q2 With that money they made more stone columns in honor of their idols.
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\q1
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\v 2 They are deceitful and cannot be trusted;
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\q2 but the time has come that they must pay for their sins.
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\q1 Yahweh will break their altars into pieces—
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\q2 the places where they gave sacrifices to their idols,
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\q2 and he promises to destroy those pillars beside which they worshiped their false gods.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 They say, "We have no king now because we did not honor or respect Yahweh.
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\q2 But even if we had a king,
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\q2 how could a king help us?"
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\q1
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\v 4 The people of Israel make lying promises and false covenants;
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\q2 and because their promises are not kept,
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\q1 their sort of justice kills people, as poisonous weeds in a field would do.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 Those people of Samaria tremble with fear because of what happened to the calf idols at Beth Aven.
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\q2 Those people mourn over what happened to those idols,
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\q1 as did the priests who served them;
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\q2 they rejoiced over them and praised their splendor,
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\q1 but now those idols have been taken away from them.
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\q1
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\v 6 Their idols will be carried to Assyria
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\q2 to be a gift for the great king.
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\q1 The people of Israel will be disgraced;
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\q2 they will be ashamed
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\q2 for having trusted in the advice they received by consulting idols.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 The king of Samaria will die.
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\q2 He will be like a small piece of wood that floats away down a stream.
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\q1
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\v 8 The hilltop places known for their wickedness—altars where the people worshiped idols—will all be destroyed.
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\q2 Thorns and thistles will grow and cover all the altars that were in Samaria.
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\q2 The people will beg the mountains and say,
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\q1 "Cover us!"
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\q2 and to the hills, "Fall on us!"
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 People of Israel, since the days of Gibeah you have been sinning;
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\q2 it is as if you have been living there ever since then, because you think as they did.
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\q1 Enemies will attack you evildoers at Gibeah.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 Yahweh says, "When I decide to act, I will punish them.
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\q2 People groups will gather to fight against them;
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\q1 those people groups will capture them and put them in chains
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\q2 because of their many sins.
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\q1
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\v 11 Ephraim is like a trained calf
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\q2 that loves to thresh grain, separating out the grain from the chaff,
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\q1 and I did not put a heavy yoke on her tender neck.
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\q2 But now I will put Ephraim under that yoke,
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\q1 and Judah must plow.
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\q2 and Jacob must break up the ground with the harrow.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 12 Plow, now, and do what is right,
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\q2 and you will reap the fruit of faithful love.
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\q1 Do the hard work of breaking up the unplowed ground,
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\q2 for now is the time for you to ask Yahweh to have mercy on you,
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\q1 so that he may come and rescue you because he does what is right.
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\q1
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\v 13 You have sinned wickedly, and now you will have to bear the consequences.
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\q2 You told lies, and now you must suffer the results of the lies you told.
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\q1 You have trusted in your own abilities and wisdom,
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\q2 and you have relied on the soldiers in your armies.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 14 The sound of war will be among your people;
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\q2 all your fortified cities will be destroyed.
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\q1 It will be as when Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle,
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\q2 when mothers were killed while they were holding their children.
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\q1
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\v 15 That is what will be done to you, you people of the city of Bethel,
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\q2 because of all the evil things you have done.
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\q1 When the battle begins at dawn,
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\q2 the king of Israel will be destroyed; the enemy will kill him."
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