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"Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
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Israel will cry to Me, 'My God, we know You!'
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Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.
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"They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves-- That they might be cut off.
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Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them-- How long until they attain to innocence?
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For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
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"They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.