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Altars for Sinning

8"Blow the trumpet! Sound the alarm! Vultures are circling over God's people Who have broken my covenant and defied my revelation.H7782H2441H5404H1004H3068H5674H1285H6586H8451 2Predictably, Israel cries out, 'My God! We know you!' But they don't act like it.H3478H2199H430H3045 3Israel will have nothing to do with what's good, and now the enemy is after them.H3478H2186H2896H341H7291 4"They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don't let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin.H4427H7786H3045H3701H2091H6213H6091H3772 5Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I'm seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up?H5695H8111H2186H639H2734H3808H3201H5356 6And they're Israelites! A sculptor made that thing— it's not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits.H3478H2796H6213H430H5695H8111H7616 7Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they'll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down.H2232H7307H7114H5492H7054H6780H6213H7058H194H6213H2114H1104 8Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they're a piece of junk.H3478H1104H1471H3627H2656 9They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers.H5927H804H6501H909H669H8566H158 10Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I'm going to gather them together and confront them. They're going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it's like to be oppressed by the big king.H8566H1471H6908H2490H4592H4853H4428H8269 11"Ephraim has built a lot of altars, and then uses them for sinning. Can you believe it? Altars for sinning!H669H7235H4196H2398H4196H2398 12I write out my revelation for them in detail and they pretend they can't read it.H3789H7230H7239H8451H2803H2114 13They offer sacrifices to me and then they feast on the meat. GOD is not pleased! I'm fed up—I'll keep remembering their guilt. I'll punish their sins and send them back to Egypt.H2076H1320H2077H1890H398H3068H7521H2142H5771H6485H2403H7725H4714 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and gotten busy making palaces. Judah has gone in for a lot of fortress cities. I'm sending fire on their cities to burn down their fortifications."H3478H7911H6213H1129H1964H3063H7235H1219H5892H7971H784H5892H398H759


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