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Punishment for Israel (continued)
10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth
fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit
he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of
his land they have made goodly images.
10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found
faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil
their images.
10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we
feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a
covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the
furrows of the field.
10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the
calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over
it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the
glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to
king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel.
10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon
the water.
10:8 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.
10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah:
there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children
of iniquity did not overtake them.
10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and
the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall
bind themselves in their two furrows.
10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and
loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her
fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow,
and Jacob shall break his clods.
10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;
break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the
LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity;
ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in
thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and
all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled
Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in
pieces upon her children.
10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great
wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be
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Why Did God Permit Sin?
