Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Israel
was
a
luxuriant
vine, yielding
fruit for
himself .
The more
his fruit increased
, the
more
he increased
the altars .
The better
his land produced
, the
better
he
made the
sacred
pillars.
`An
empty
vine `is'
Israel
, Fruit he
maketh
like
to
himself ,
According
to
the abundance
of
his fruit, He hath
multiplied
for
the altars ,
According
to
the goodness
of
his land, They
have
made goodly
standing-
pillars.
Their hearts
are
devious;
now they must
bear
their
guilt.
The
LORD
will
break down their altars and
demolish
their sacred
pillars.
Their heart
hath
been
divided,
now they are
guilty,
He
doth
break down their altars ,
He
doth
destroy
their standing-
pillars.
Surely
now they will
say ,
“
We have no king, for
we do
not revere
the LORD.
What
can
a
king do
for us? ”
For
now they say :
We have no king, Because
we have
not feared
Jehovah,
And
the king --
what
doth
he
for us?
They speak
mere
words ;
with
false
oaths
they
make
covenants.
So
judgment
springs
up
like
poisonous
weeds
in the furrows of a field.
They have
spoken
words ,
To
swear
falsehood
in making
a
covenant,
And
flourished
as
a
poisonous
herb
hath
judgment,
on
the furrows of a field.
The
people
of
Samaria
will
fear
for the calf
of Beth-aven .
Indeed
, its people will
mourn
with
its idolatrous
priests —
those
who
rejoiced
in
its glory—
for it has
been
taken
from them
into
exile.
For the calves
of Beth-Aven fear
do
inhabitants
of
Samaria
, Surely
mourned
on
account
of
it
hath
its people ,
And
its priests on
account
of
it
leap
about,
Because
of
its honour,
for it hath
removed
from it,
Yes,
it will
be
carried
to Assyria
as
tribute
to the
great
king .
Ephraim
will
be
seized
with
shame ;
Israel
will
be
ashamed of its wooden
idols
.
Also
it to Asshur
is
carried,
a
present
to a
warlike
king ,
Shame doth
Ephraim
receive,
And
ashamed is
Israel
of its own
counsel
.
Samaria
will
be
carried
off with
her
king like
a twig
on the surface
of the water
.
Cut
off is
Samaria!
Its
king `is'
as
a chip
on the face
of the waters
.
The
high places of Aven will
be
destroyed—
it
is
the sin of Israel ;
thorns
and thistles
will
overgrow
their altars .
Then
they will
say
to the
mountains
, “
Cover us !”
and to the
hills
, “
Fall on
us !”
And
destroyed
have
been
high places of Aven ,
the sin of Israel .
Thorn
and bramble
go
up
on
their altars ,
And
they have
said
to hills
, Cover us ,
And to heights
, Fall upon
us .
Since
the days of Gibeah you
have
sinned, O Israel, and
there you
have remained.
Did
not the
battle
in Gibeah overtake
the
sons of iniquity?
From
the days of Gibeah thou
hast
sinned, O Israel, There they
have stood,
Not overtake
them
in Gibeah doth
battle,
Because
of
sons of perverseness.
I
will
chasten
them
when I please;
nations
will
be
gathered against them to put
them
in
bondage
for
their double
transgression
.
When I desire,
then
I
do
bind
them,
And
gathered against them have
peoples,
When
they
bind
themselves
to their two
iniquities
.
Ephraim is a well-
trained heifer that
loves
to thresh ;
but
I will
place
a
yoke
on her
fair
neck .
I will
harness
Ephraim, Judah will
plow
, and
Jacob will
break
the
hard
ground
.
And
Ephraim `
is '
a trained heifer --
loving
to thresh ,
And
I --
I
have
passed
over
on the
goodness
of
its
neck ,
I cause
`one'
to
ride
Ephraim, Plough
doth
Judah, harrow
for
him
doth
Jacob.
Sow for yourselves righteousness and
reap the
fruit
of
loving devotion;
break
up
your
unplowed
ground.
For it
is
time
to seek the
LORD
until
He comes
and sends
righteousness upon
you like
rain
.
Sow for yourselves in
righteousness ,
Reap according
to
loving -kindness,
Till
for yourselves
tillage
of
knowledge,
To seek Jehovah,
Till
he come
and shew
righteousness to
you.
You
have plowed
wickedness and
reaped injustice;
you
have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because
you
have
trusted in your
own
way and
in the multitude
of your
mighty
men,
Ye
have ploughed
wickedness ,
Perversity
ye
have
reaped ,
Ye
have eaten the fruit of lying,
For
thou
hast
trusted in thy
way ,
In the abundance
of thy
might.
the
roar
of
battle
will
rise against
your
people, so
that
all your
fortresses will
be
demolished
as Shalman devastated
Beth-arbel in the
day of battle, when
mothers
were
dashed to
pieces along
with
their
children
.
And
rise doth
a
tumult
among
thy
people, And
all thy
fortresses are
spoiled,
As the
spoiling
of
Shalman of
Beth-Arbel ,
In a
day of battle, Mother
against
sons
dashed in
pieces.
Thus it
will
be
done to you, O
Bethel,
because of your great
wickedness .
When
the
day
dawns
, the king of Israel will
be
utterly
cut
off.
Thus hath
Beth-El
done to you, Because of the
evil
of
your wickedness, In
the dawn
cut
off
utterly
is
a
king of Israel !
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