<vn='1'><sn="3478">Israel</s> is an <sn="1238">empty</s><sn="1612">vine</s>, he bringeth <sn="7737">forth</s><sn="6529">fruit</s> unto himself: according to the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of his <sn="6529">fruit</s> he hath <sn="7235">increased</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s>; according to the <sn="2896">goodness</s> of his <sn="776">land</s> they have made <sn="3190">goodly</s><sn="4676">images</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Their <sn="3820">heart</s> is <sn="2505">divided</s>; <sn="6258">now</s> shall they be found <sn="816">faulty</s>: <sn="1931">he</s> shall break <sn="6202">down</s> their <sn="4196">altars</s>, he shall <sn="7703">spoil</s> their <sn="4676">images</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6258">now</s> they shall <sn="559">say</s>, We have <sn="369">no</s><sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> we <sn="3372">feared</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="4100">what</s> then should a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6213">do</s> to us? </v>
<vn='4'>They have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="1697">words</s>, <sn="422">swearing</s><sn="7723">falsely</s> in <sn="3772">making</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s>: thus <sn="4941">judgment</s> springeth <sn="6524">up</s> as <sn="7219">hemlock</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="8525">furrows</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="7934">inhabitants</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s> shall <sn="1481">fear</s> because of the <sn="5697">calves</s> of <sn="1007">Beth</s> -aven: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> thereof shall <sn="56">mourn</s><sn="5921">over</s> it, and the <sn="3649">priests</s> thereof that <sn="1523">rejoiced</s><sn="5921">on</s> it, <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="3519">glory</s> thereof, <sn="3588">because</s> it is <sn="1540">departed</s><sn="4480">from</s> it. </v>
<vn='6'>It shall be <sn="1571">also</s><sn="2986">carried</s> unto <sn="804">Assyria</s> for a <sn="4503">present</s> to <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3377">Jareb</s>: <sn="669">Ephraim</s> shall <sn="3947">receive</s><sn="1317">shame</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall be <sn="954">ashamed</s> of his own <sn="4480 6098">counsel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'> As for <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, her <sn="4428">king</s> is cut <sn="1820">off</s> as the <sn="7110">foam</s><sn="5921 6440">upon</s> the <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The high <sn="1116">places</s> also of <sn="206">Aven</s>, the <sn="2403">sin</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, shall be <sn="8045">destroyed</s>: the <sn="6975">thorn</s> and the <sn="1863">thistle</s> shall come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">on</s> their <sn="4196">altars</s>; and they shall <sn="559">say</s> to the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, <sn="3680">Cover</s> us; and to the <sn="1389">hills</s>, <sn="5307">Fall</s><sn="5921">on</s> us. </v>
<vn='9'>O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, thou hast <sn="2398">sinned</s> from the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>: <sn="8033">there</s> they <sn="5975">stood</s>: the <sn="4421">battle</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5932">iniquity</s> did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5381">overtake</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'> It is in my <sn="185">desire</s> that I should <sn="3256">chastise</s> them; and the <sn="5971">people</s> shall be <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, when they shall <sn="631">bind</s> themselves in their <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5869">furrows</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="669">Ephraim</s> is as a <sn="5697">heifer</s> that is <sn="3925">taught</s>, and <sn="157">loveth</s> to tread <sn="1758">out</s> the corn; but <sn="589">I</s> passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her <sn="2898">fair</s><sn="6677">neck</s>: I will make <sn="669">Ephraim</s> to <sn="7392">ride</s>; <sn="3063">Judah</s> shall <sn="2790">plow</s>, and <sn="3290">Jacob</s> shall break his <sn="7702">clods</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2232">Sow</s> to yourselves in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, <sn="7114">reap</s><sn="6310">in</s><sn="2617">mercy</s>; break <sn="5214">up</s> your fallow <sn="5215">ground</s>: for it is <sn="6256">time</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> he <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="3384">rain</s><sn="6664">righteousness</s> upon you. </v>
<vn='13'>Ye have <sn="2790">plowed</s><sn="7562">wickedness</s>, ye have <sn="7114">reaped</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>; ye have <sn="398">eaten</s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of <sn="3585">lies</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> thou didst <sn="982">trust</s> in thy <sn="1870">way</s>, in the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy mighty <sn="1368">men</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Therefore shall a <sn="7588">tumult</s><sn="6965">arise</s> among thy <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="4013">fortresses</s> shall be <sn="7703">spoiled</s>, as <sn="8020">Shalman</s><sn="7701">spoiled</s><sn="1009">Beth</s> -arbel in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4421">battle</s>: the <sn="517">mother</s> was dashed in <sn="7376">pieces</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3602">So</s> shall <sn="1008">Bethel</s><sn="6213">do</s> unto you <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of your great <sn="7451 7451">wickedness</s>: in a <sn="7837">morning</s> shall the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> utterly be cut <sn="1820 1820">off</s>. </v>