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Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord : because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
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They shall call upon me: O my God , we, Israel , know thee.
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Israel hath cast off the thing that is good , the enemy shall pursue him.
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They have reigned , but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver , and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
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Thy calf , O Samaria , is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed ?
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For itself also is the invention of Israel : a workman made it, and it is no god : for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders' webs.
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For they shall sow wind , and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal ; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
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Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
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But even though they shall have hired the nations , now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes .
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Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
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I shall write to him my manifold laws , which have been accounted as foreign.
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They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh , and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity , and will visit their sins : they shall return to Egypt .
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And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities : and I will send a fire upon his cities , and it shall devour the houses thereof.