Dual Panel1Israel <03478> was a fertile <01238> vine <01612> that yielded <07737> fruit <06529>. As his fruit <06529> multiplied <07230>, he multiplied <07235> altars <04196> to Baal. As his land <0776> prospered <02896>, they adorned <03190> the fertility pillars <04676>.
2Their heart <03820> is slipping <02505>; soon <06258> they will be punished <0816> for their <01931> guilt. The Lord will break <06202> their altars <04196>; he will completely destroy <07703> their fertility pillars <04676>.
3Very soon <06258> they will say <0559>, “We have no <0369> king <04428> since <03588> we did not <03808> fear <03372> the Lord <03068>. But what <04100> can a king <04428> do <06213> for us anyway?”
4They utter <01696> empty words <01697>, taking false <07723> oaths <0422> and making <03772> empty agreements <01285>. Therefore legal disputes <04941> sprout up <06524> like poisonous weeds <07219> in <05921> the furrows <08525> of a plowed field <07704>.
5The inhabitants <07934> of Samaria <08111> will lament <01481> over the calf <05697> idol of Beth Aven <01007>. Its people <05971> will mourn <056> over <05921> it; its idolatrous priests <03649> will wail <01523> over <05921> it, because <03588> its splendor <03519> will be taken <01540> from <04480> them into exile <01540>.
6Even <01571> the calf idol will be carried <02986> to Assyria <0804>, as tribute <04503> for the great king <04428>. Ephraim <0669> will be disgraced <01317>; Israel <03478> will be put <03947> to shame <0954> because of its wooden idol <06098>.
7Samaria <08111> and its king <04428> will be carried off <01820> like a twig <07110> on <05921> the surface <06440> of the waters <04325>.
8The high places <01116> of the “House of Wickedness <0205>” will be destroyed <08045>; it is the place where Israel <03478> sins <02403>. Thorns <06975> and thistles <01863> will grow up <05927> over <05921> its altars <04196>. Then they will say <0559> to the mountains <02022>, “Cover <03680> us!” and to the hills <01389>, “Fall <05307> on <05921> us!”
9O Israel <03478>, you have sinned <02398> since the time <03117> of Gibeah <01390>, and there <08033> you have remained <05975>. Did not <03808> war <04421> overtake <05381> the evildoers <05932> <01121> in Gibeah <01390>?
10When I please <0185>, I will discipline <03256> them; I will gather <0622> nations <05971> together to attack them, to bind <0631> them in chains for their two <08147> sins.
11Ephraim <0669> was a well-trained <03925> heifer <05697> who loved <0157> to thresh <01758> grain; I myself <0589> put <05674> a fine <02898> yoke <05921> on her <06676> neck. I will <07392> harness <0669> Ephraim. Let <03063> Judah <02790> plow! Let <03290> Jacob break <07702> up the unplowed ground for
12Sow <02232> righteousness <06666> for yourselves, reap <07114> unfailing love <02617>. Break up <05214> the unplowed ground <05215> for yourselves, for it is time <06256> to seek <01875> the Lord <03069>, until <05704> he comes <0935> and showers <03384> deliverance <06664> on you.
13But you have plowed <02790> wickedness <07562>; you have reaped <07114> injustice <05766>; you have eaten <0398> the fruit <06529> of deception <03585>. Because <03588> you have depended <0982> on your chariots <01870>; you have relied on your many <07230> warriors <01368>.
14The roar <07588> of battle will rise against <06965> your people <05971>; all <03605> your fortresses <04013> will be devastated <07703>, just as Shalman <08020> devastated <07701> Beth Arbel <01009> on the day <03117> of battle <04421>, when mothers <0517> were dashed to the ground <07376> with their children <01121>.
15So <03602> will it happen <06213> to you, O Bethel <01008>, because <06440> of your great wickedness <07451> <07451>! When that day dawns <07837>, the king <04428> of Israel <03478> will be destroyed <01820> <01820>.