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Israel’s Apostasy

Set the trumpet to your lips!
    One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
    and transgressed my law.(A)
They cry to me,
    “My God, we know you!”[b](B)
Israel has spurned the good;
    the enemy shall pursue him.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 8.2 Gk Syr: Heb adds Israel

Israel Harvests the Whirlwind

“Sound the alarm!
    The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord,
for they have broken my covenant
    and revolted against my law.
Now Israel pleads with me,
    ‘Help us, for you are our God!’
But it is too late.
The people of Israel have rejected what is good,
    and now their enemies will chase after them.

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