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Moreover all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have refused to hearken to thy voice; so the curse has come upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.

And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and so shall be the head of the covenant.

So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.

So I hired her to myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.

According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.

As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.

According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.

Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they pursue.

And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, ye sons of Israel? saith the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou have done, so shall it be done to thee: thy recompense shall be returned on thine own head.

For as thou hast drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink wine; they shall drink, and go down, and be as if they were not.

And each man said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.

So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,

Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish?

In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.