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Chapter 10
The destruction of Israel’s cultic objects
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Israel was a luxuriant vine yielding plenty of fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; the richer his land became, the richer he made the sacred stones.
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Their heart is a divided heart; very well, they must pay for it: Yahweh is going to break their altars down and destroy their sacred stones.
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Then they will say, ‘We have no king because we have not feared Yahweh’. But what can a king do for us?
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Words, words! False oaths! Alliances! And judgement is only a poisonous weed that thrives in the furrows of the field.
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The inhabitants of Samaria are trembling for the calf of Beth-aven; yes, its people mourn for it, its so-called priests bewail its glory, now this has vanished.
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The calf itself shall be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the Great King. Ephraim will reap the shame, and Israel blush for his idol.
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Samaria has had her day. Her king[*a] is like a straw drifting on the water.
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The idolatrous high places shall be destroyed-that sin of Israel; thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’
Against Gibeah
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Ever since the days at Gibeah, Israel, you have sinned. Things are still the same. And will not war overtake the guilty at Gibeah?
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I shall come and punish them. The nations will muster against them to punish them for their double crime.
Threats and an invitation to repentance
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Ephraim is a well trained heifer that loves to tread the threshing-floor; very well, I myself mean to lay the yoke on that fine neck of hers, I am going to put Ephraim in harness, Israel will have to plough, Jacob must draw the harrow.
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Sow integrity for yourselves, reap a harvest of kindness, break up your fallow ground: it is time to go seeking Yahweh until he comes to rain salvation on you.
The end of Israel
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Why have you ploughed iniquity, reaped injustice, and eaten the produce, lies? Because you have trusted in your chariots, and in your host of warriors,
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turmoil is going to break out in your towns, and all your fortresses will be laid waste, as Shalman[*b] laid Beth-arbel waste on the day of the battle, when mothers fell, dashed to pieces, on their children.
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That is what I mean to do to you, House of Israel, because of your great wickedness; and in the storm the king of Israel is going to disappear for ever.
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