Then I annihilatedthe threeshepherdsin onemonth,for my soulwas impatientwith them, and their soulalsowas wearyof me.
So he was an adversaryto Israelallthe daysof Solomon,along with the evilthat Hadad[did]; and he abhorredIsraeland reignedoverAram.
Therefore the angerof the LORDwas kindledagainst His peopleAnd He abhorredHis inheritance.
The boastfulshall not standbeforeYour eyes;You hateallwho doiniquity.
The sonsof Ephraimwere archersequippedwith bows,[Yet] they turnedbackin the dayof battle.
Thussaysthe LORD,the Redeemerof Israel[and] its HolyOne,To the despisedOne, To the One abhorredby the nation,To the Servantof rulers,"Kingswill seeand arise,Princeswill also bowdown,Becauseof the LORDwhois faithful,the HolyOneof Israelwho has chosenYou."
"My inheritancehas becometo Me Like a lionin the forest;She has roaredagainstMe; ThereforeI have come to hateher.
Do not despise[us], for Your own name'ssake;Do not disgracethe throneof Your glory;Remember[and] do not annulYour covenantwith us.
They callthem rejectedsilver,Becausethe LORDhas rejectedthem.
in orderto layholdof the heartsof the houseof Israelwhoare estrangedfrom Me through alltheir idols."'
"You are the daughterof your mother,who loathedher husbandand children.You are also the sisterof your sisters,wholoathedtheir husbandsand children.Your motherwas a Hittiteand your fatheran Amorite.
My peopleare destroyedfor lackof knowledge.Becauseyou have rejectedknowledge,I also will rejectyou from being My priest.Since you have forgottenthe lawof your God,I alsowill forgetyour children.
They have dealttreacherouslyagainst the LORD,For they have borneillegitimatechildren.Nowthe newmoonwill devourthem with their land.
Alltheir evilis at Gilgal;Indeed,I came to hatethem there!Becauseof the wickednessof their deedsI will drivethem out of My house!I will lovethem nomore;Alltheir princesare rebels.
Moreover, I will makeMy dwellingamongyou, and My soulwill not rejectyou.
I then will destroyyour highplaces,and cutdownyour incensealtars,and heapyour remainson the remainsof your idols,for My soulshall abhoryou.
Yet in spiteof this,when they are in the landof their enemies,I will not rejectthem, norwill I so abhorthem as to destroythem, breakingMy covenantwith them; for I am the LORDtheir God.
"But I havea baptismto undergo,and howdistressedI am untilit is accomplished!
"But his citizenshatedhim and senta delegationafterhim, saying,'We do not wantthis manto reignoverus.'
"Ifthe worldhatesyou, you knowthat it has hatedMe before[it hated] you.
"The worldcannothateyou, but it hatesMe becauseI testifyof it, that its deedsare evil.
"The LORDsaw[this], and spurned[them] Becauseof the provocationof His sonsand daughters.
BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONESHALL LIVEBY FAITH;AND IFHE SHRINKS BACK,MY SOULHASNOPLEASUREIN HIM.
