Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
`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.
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.
Their heart
hath
been
divided,
now they are
guilty,
He
doth
break down their altars ,
He
doth
destroy
their standing-
pillars.
Their hearts
are
devious;
now they must
bear
their
guilt.
The
LORD
will
break down their altars and
demolish
their sacred
pillars.
For
now they say :
We have no king, Because
we have
not feared
Jehovah,
And
the king
--
what doth
he
for us?
Surely
now they will
say ,
“
We have no king, for
we do
not revere
the LORD.
What can
a
king
do
for us? ”
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.
They speak
mere
words ;
with
false
oaths
they
make
covenants.
So
judgment springs
up
like
poisonous
weeds
in
the furrows of a field.
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,
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.
Also
it to
Asshur
is
carried ,
a
present
to a
warlike
king ,
Shame
doth
Ephraim receive,
And
ashamed
is
Israel of its own
counsel
.
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
.
Cut
off
is
Samaria !
Its
king `is'
as
a chip
on the face
of the waters
.
Samaria will
be
carried
off
with
her
king like
a twig
on the surface
of the water
.
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 .
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 !”
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.
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?
When
I desire,
then
I
do
bind
them ,
And
gathered against them have
peoples,
When
they
bind
themselves
to their two
iniquities
.
I will
chasten
them when
I
please;
nations
will
be
gathered against them to put
them
in
bondage
for
their double
transgression
.
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.
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
.
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.
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
.
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.
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,
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.
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
.
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 !
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.
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