So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’
Hosea 10:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will discipline them at my discretion; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double iniquity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I please I will chastise them, and hostile peoples shall be gathered against them when I shall bind and yoke them for their two transgressions [revolt from the Lord their God and the worship of idols]. [Jer. 2:13; Lam. 3:31-33.] American Standard Version (1901) When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions. Common English Bible I will come and punish them; nations will be gathered against them when they are punished for their double crime. Catholic Public Domain Version According to my desire, I will correct them. And the peoples will be gathered together over them, while they are chastised for their two iniquities. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version According to my desire I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities. |
So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’
Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plough the valleys behind you?
Therefore the Lord God of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: ‘Ah, I will get even with my foes; I will take revenge against my enemies.
You have left me.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘You have turned your back, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am tired of showing compassion.
‘I am about to send for many fishermen’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks,
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am about to repel the weapons of war in your hands, those you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall, and I will bring them into the centre of this city.
I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased #– #all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so that they see you completely naked.
So I will satisfy my wrath against you, and my jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.
‘This is what the Lord God says: Summon an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she lusted for.
When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased. Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.
Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
A wind with its wings will carry them off, , and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.
The same judgement will happen to both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Put the ram’s horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the Lord, because they transgress my covenant and rebel against my law.
Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.
The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.
Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so he will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be ripped out of the land you are entering to possess.