"Behold,I am going to rebukeyour offspring,and I will spreadrefuseon your faces,the refuseof your feasts;and you will be takenaway with it.
thereforebehold,I am bringingcalamityon the houseof Jeroboam,and will cutofffrom Jeroboameverymaleperson, both bondand freein Israel,and I will makea cleansweepof the houseof Jeroboam,as one sweepsawaydunguntilit is allgone.
He perishesforeverlike his refuse;Those who have seenhim will say,'Whereis he?'
Godhas ascendedwith a shout,The LORD,with the soundof a trumpet.
Who were destroyedat En-dor,Who becameas dungfor the ground.
"But the fleshof the bulland its hideand its refuse,you shall burnwith fireoutsidethe camp;it is a sinoffering.
"They will spreadthem out to the sun,the moonand to allthe hostof heaven,whichthey have lovedand whichthey have served,and whichthey have goneafterand whichthey have sought,and whichthey have worshiped.They will not be gatheredor buried;they will be as dungon the faceof the ground.
The fieldis ruined,The landmourns;For the grainis ruined,The newwinedriesup, Freshoilfails.
The seedsshrivelundertheir clods;The storehousesare desolate,The barnsare torndown,For the grainis driedup.
I, in turn,will dothisto you: I will appointoveryou a suddenterror,consumptionand feverthat will wasteawaythe eyesand cause the soulto pineaway;also, you will sowyour seeduselessly,for your enemieswill eatit up.
"I will throwfilthon you And makeyou vile,And setyou up as a spectacle.
"So I alsohave madeyou despisedand abasedbefore allthe people,justas you are not keepingMy waysbut are showingpartialityin the instruction.
"It is uselesseitherfor the soilorfor the manure pile;it is thrownout. He who hasearsto hear,let him hear."
when we are slandered,we try to conciliate;we have becomeas the scumof the world,the dregsof all things,[even] untilnow.
"You shall bringout muchseedto the fieldbut you will gatherin little,for the locustwill consumeit.
