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Certainly now they will say, "We have ^(C1)no king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?"

They speak mere words, ^(F1)With ^(C1)worthless oaths they make covenants; And ^(C2)judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the ^(F1)(C1)calf of ^(C2)Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its ^(C3)idolatrous priests ^(F2)will cry out over it, Over its ^(C4)glory, since it has left it.

The thing itself will be brought to ^(C1)Assyria As a gift of tribute to ^(F1)(C2)King Jareb; Ephraim will ^(F2)be ^(C3)seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its ^(C4)own plan.

Samaria will be ^(C1)destroyed with her king, Like a twig on the surface of the water.

Also the ^(C1)high places of Aven, the ^(C2)sin of Israel, will be destroyed; ^(C3)Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars; Then they will ^(C4)say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"

Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel; There they stand! Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?

When it is My ^(C1)desire, I will ^(F1)(C2)discipline them; And ^(C3)the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.