1A vine of shoots, Israel, that has produced fruit according to the abundance of his fruit; they have multiplied altars and according to the blessing of their land they have built high places 2Their heart has been divided and from now they will be condemned; he will overthrow their altars and he shall plunder their high places 3Because from now they will say: ”We have no King from LORD JEHOVAH; we do not stand in awe of a King! What shall he do for us?” 4They have spoken words of false harvests; they have cut off the covenant and they paid judgment like a tangle of thorns in a field of barren land 5The calf of Bayth Awan shall possess the settlers, dwellers of Samaria, because his people and his Priests dwelt upon it in mourning and they will rejoice over it and over his honor that has passed from it 6Also they shall bring a gift to Assyria to the King who is great; Aphreim will receive shame and Israel will be ashamed of his plan 7Samaria sent her King like a chip on the face of the waters 8And the idol shrines of Awan, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed . Thorns and thistles shall grow in their altars and they will say to the mountains: "Cover us”, and to the hills, that they would fall upon them 9From the days of Ramtha you have sinned, Israel; there they will remain and war shall not overtake them in Ramtha against the children of evil 10In my rebuke I shall chastise them and the nations will be assembled against them when they are chastised for their two offenses 11Aphreim is a trained heifer that loves to tread and I passed over his neck; I will mount Aphreim and he will tread Yehuda and shall plunder Yaqob 12Sow to yourselves righteousness and reap the mouth of grace; light up for yourselves a lamp because it is the time to seek LORD JEHOVAH until he comes and shows to you his righteousness 13You have ploughed sin and evil and you have harvested and you have eaten the fruits of lying because you have trusted in your ways and in the abundance of your might 14Destruction shall rise among your people and all around you shall be plundered as loot that is handed over from Bayth Eil; in the day of war the mother with her children were dashed in pieces 15Thus they did to you, Bayth Eil, from before the wickedness of your wickedness at dawn; the King of Israel was shocked and was ashamed The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Translated by Glenn David Bauscher Glenn David Bauscher Lulu Publishing Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing 3rd edition Copyright © 2019 |