10:1 Israel
is
a
luxuriant
vine
that
yields
its
fruit.
The
more
his
fruit
increased,
the
more
altars
he
built;
as
his
country
improved,
he
improved
his
pillars.
10:2 Their
heart
is
false;
now
they
must
bear
their
guilt.
The
LORD
will
break
down
their
altars
and
destroy
their
pillars.
10:3 For
now
they
will
say:
"We
have
no
king,
for
we
do
not
fear
the
LORD;
and
a
king--what
could
he
do
for
us"
10:4 They
utter
mere
words;
with
empty
oaths
they
make
covenants;
so
judgment
springs
up
like
poisonous
weeds
in
the
furrows
of
the
field.
10:5 The
inhabitants
of
Samaria
tremble
for
the
calf
of
Beth-aven.
Its
people
mourn
for
it,
and
so
do
its
idolatrous
priests--
those
who
rejoiced
over
it
and
over
its
glory--
for
it
has
departed
from
them.
10:6 The
thing
itself
shall
be
carried
to
Assyria
as
tribute
to
the
great
king.
Ephraim
shall
be
put
to
shame,
and
Israel
shall
be
ashamed
of
his
idol.
10:7 Samaria's
king
shall
perish
like
a
twig
on
the
face
of
the
waters.
10:8 The
high
places
of
Aven,
the
sin
of
Israel,
shall
be
destroyed.
Thorn
and
thistle
shall
grow
up
on
their
altars,
and
they
shall
say
to
the
mountains,
"Cover
us,"
and
to
the
hills,
"Fall
on
us."
10:9 From
the
days
of
Gibeah,
you
have
sinned,
O
Israel;
there
they
have
continued.
Shall
not
the
war
against
the
unjust
overtake
them
in
Gibeah
10:10 When
I
please,
I
will
discipline
them,
and
nations
shall
be
gathered
against
them
when
they
are
bound
up
for
their
double
iniquity.
10:11 Ephraim
was
a
trained
calf
that
loved
to
thresh,
and
I
spared
her
fair
neck;
but
I
will
put
Ephraim
to
the
yoke;
Judah
must
plow;
Jacob
must
harrow
for
himself.
10:12 Sow
for
yourselves
righteousness;
reap
steadfast
love;
break
up
your
fallow
ground,
for
it
is
the
time
to
seek
the
LORD,
that
he
may
come
and
rain
righteousness
upon
you.
10:13 You
have
plowed
iniquity;
you
have
reaped
injustice;
you
have
eaten
the
fruit
of
lies.
Because
you
have
trusted
in
your
own
way
and
in
the
multitude
of
your
warriors,
10:14 therefore
the
tumult
of
war
shall
arise
among
your
people,
and
all
your
fortresses
shall
be
destroyed,
as
Shalman
destroyed
Beth-arbel
on
the
day
of
battle;
mothers
were
dashed
in
pieces
with
their
children.
10:15 Thus
it
shall
be
done
to
you,
O
Bethel,
because
of
your
great
evil.
At
dawn
the
king
of
Israel
shall
be
utterly
cut
off.