1:5 All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion
and
How has Jacob rebelled, you ask?
Samaria epitomizes their rebellion!
Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask?
They are right in Jerusalem!
4:15 Although you, O Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty!
Do not journey to Gilgal!
Do not go up to Beth Aven!
Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”
5:5 The arrogance of Israel testifies against it;
Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown
Even Judah will be brought down
5:6 Although they bring their flocks and herds
to seek
They will not find him –
he has withdrawn himself from them!
5:7 They have committed treason
because they bore illegitimate children.
Soon
5:8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah!
Sound the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound the alarm in Beth Aven!
Tremble in fear,
5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment!
What I am declaring
5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.
I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!
5:11 Ephraim will be oppressed,
because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
5:12 I will be like a moth to Ephraim,
like wood rot
5:13 When Ephraim saw
and Judah saw his wound,
then Ephraim turned
and begged
But he will not be able to heal you!
He cannot cure your wound!
5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear them to pieces,
then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
6:10 I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:
there Ephraim practices temple prostitution
and Judah defiles itself.
6:11 I have appointed a time to reap judgment
Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,
8:14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces,
and Judah has built many fortified cities.
But I will send fire on their cities;
it will consume their royal citadels.
12:1 Ephraim continually feeds on the wind;
he chases the east wind all day;
he multiplies lies and violence.
They make treaties
and send olive oil as tribute
12:2 The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit
he will punish Jacob according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.
2:4 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They rejected the Lord’s law;
they did not obey his commands.
Their false gods,
to which their fathers were loyal,
led them astray.
2:5 So I will set Judah on fire,
and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
2:6 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They sold the innocent
the needy for a pair of sandals.
2:7 They trample
they push the destitute away.
A man and his father go to the same girl;
in this way they show disrespect
2:8 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral;
they do so right
They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied;
they do so right in the temple
3:1 Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against
6:1 Woe
to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.
They think of themselves as
The family