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Setech. 5:8 the trumpet to your lips!
OnefSee Deut. 28:49 like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
becausegch. 6:7 they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2 To me they cry,
hSee Matt. 7:21-23 My God, we—Israel—know you.
3 Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.
4 ich. 7:7; 1 Kgs. 12:20 They made kings,j[2 Chr. 13:5] but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 kch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28] I have spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
l[Jer. 13:27] How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
k[See ver. 5 above] The calf of Samaria
m[Mic. 1:6, 7] shall be broken to pieces.1Or shall go up in flames
7 Forn[ch. 10:12, 13] they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
o[ch. 7:9] strangers would devour it.
8 p2 Kgs. 17:6 Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
asqJer. 22:28 a useless vessel.
9 ForrSee ch. 5:13 they have gone up to Assyria,
s[Jer. 2:24] a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
AndtSee Ezek. 26:7 the king and princesu[ch. 4:7, 10] shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.
11 Because Ephraimvch. 10:1; 12:11 has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 w[Deut. 4:6, 8] Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
xJer. 7:21; [Amos 4:4] they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
ych. 9:9; Amos 8:7 Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
zch. 9:3; Deut. 28:68; [ch. 11:5] they shall return to Egypt.
14 ForaSee ch. 6:4 Israel has forgottenbIsa. 17:7 his Maker
andc[Amos 5:11] built palaces,
andaSee ch. 6:4 Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
sodAmos 2:5 I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.