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10 A wanton vine was Israel,
and lavishly he bore;
the more his fruit increased,
the more increased his altars;
the better his land grew,
the better he made his sacred stones.
2 Deceitful was their heart;
now they must suffer for it.
Their altars shall be broken down,
their sacred stones destroyed.
3 They may say, at this day,
“But have we not a king?”
Ah, if men have no reverence for the Eternal,
what is the good of a king?
4 Empty words, perjuries, treaties, what do they yield?
Punishing judgment like poisonous weeds
in a furrowed field.
5 The citizens of Samaria bemoan
the Calf of Beth-Aven;
for it the worshippers groan,
the priestlings tremble
for its vanished glory.
6 The Calf is carried to Assyria,
as tribute to the great Monarch–
to the disgrace of Ephraim,
till Israel is ashamed of his idol.
7 Samaria’s king is torn from her,
tossed like a chip on the water.
8 The idolatrous heights shall be destroyed
(the sin of Israel);
thorns and thistles grow upon their altars.
And men shall cry to the hills, “Cover us!”
and to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
9 Ever since Gibeah, Israel has sinned–
when the dastards opposed me.
And shall not war catch them at Gibeah?
10 In my wrath I will chastise them,
gathering nations to attack them,
in chastisement for their twofold offence.
11 Ephraim was a heifer tamed,
loving to tread the threshing-floor;
but when I bent her fair neck under the yoke,
I forced Ephraim into harness,
Judah had to drag the plough,
Jacob had to harrow.
12 Sow justice for yourselves,
and reap a harvest of God’s love;
break up your fallow ground,
by seeking the knowledge of the Eternal;
you must seek the Eternal,
till he comes to rain salvation on you.
13 You have been ploughing evil,
and you reaped disaster;
you have had to eat the harvest of your lies.
14 Because you relied on your chariots,
on your host of war-horses,
in your towns shall tumults rise,
and all your forts be crushed;
as Shalman crushed Beth-Arbel,
massacring mothers and their babes together,
15 so will I deal with you, O house of Israel,
for your gross wickedness,
and in the storm the king of Israel
shall disappear.