耶和华指责以色列人拜偶像
1“吹响号角警告众人吧！
敌人要如鹰扑向耶和华的家，
因为百姓背弃我的约，
违背我的律法。
2他们要向我呼求，
‘我们的上帝啊，
我们以色列人认识你了。’
3以色列已经弃绝良善，
所以敌人要追赶他。
4他们拥立君王，未经我的同意；
选立首领，没有让我知道。
他们用金银为自己制造神像，自取灭亡。
5我鄙弃撒玛利亚人所拜的牛犊，
我要向他们发怒，
他们到什么时候才能洁身自守呢？
6这牛犊是以色列的工匠造的，
并不是神，必被砸得粉碎。
7他们种的是风，
收的是暴风。
他们的庄稼长不出穗子，
结不出籽粒，
就是有收成，
也要被外族人吃掉。
8以色列被吞灭了，
他在列国之中，
就像无用的破器皿。
9他们投奔亚述，
就像孤独漂泊的野驴。
以法莲收买情人。
10尽管他们在各国贿买盟友，
如今我却要把他们聚集起来，审判他们。
他们必因君王和首领的欺压而日渐衰微。
11“以法莲增建除罪的祭坛，
这些祭坛却成为他的犯罪之处。
12我为他写下千万条的律法，
他却视若无睹。
13他们献给我祭牲，并吃祭肉，
但不蒙耶和华的悦纳。
我必记住他们的罪恶，
追讨他们的罪债，
使他们回到埃及。
14以色列忘记了他们的创造主，
建造许多宫殿；
犹大兴建许多坚城。
但我要降火烧毁他们的城邑和堡垒。”
Israel Will Harvest a Windstorm
1The Lord said to me,
“Put a trumpet to your lips!
Give a warning to my people!
Assyria is like an eagle.
It is ready to attack my land.
My people have broken the covenant I made with them.
They have refused to obey my law.
2Israel shouts to me,
‘We recognize you as our God!’
3But they have turned away from what is good.
So an enemy will chase them.
4My people appoint kings I do not want.
They choose princes without my permission.
They use their silver and gold
to make statues of gods.
That is how they destroy themselves.”
5The Lord says, “People of Samaria,
throw out your god that looks like a calf!
I am very angry with them.
How long will it be until they are able
to remain faithful to me?
6Their calf is not God.
A skilled worker from Israel made it.
But that calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.”
7The Lord says,
“Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind.
It is like planting worthless seeds.
Assyria is like a windstorm.
That is all my people will harvest.
There are no heads of grain
on the stems that will come up.
So they will not produce any flour.
Even if they did produce grain,
the Assyrians would eat all of it up.
8So the people of Israel are swallowed up.
Now they are among the nations
like something no one wants.
9They have gone up to Assyria for help.
They are like a wild donkey
that wanders around by itself.
Ephraim’s people have sold themselves
to their Assyrian lovers.
10They have sold themselves to the nations
to get their help.
But now I will gather them together.
They will get weaker and weaker.
The mighty kings of Assyria will crush them.
11“Ephraim built many altars where they sacrificed
sin offerings to other gods.
So their altars have become
places where they commit sin.
12In my law I wrote down many things for their good.
But they considered those things as something strange.
13They offer sacrifices as gifts to me.
They eat the meat of the animals they bring.
But the Lord is not pleased with any of this.
He will remember the evil things they have done.
He will punish them for their sins.
And they will return to Egypt.
14Israel has forgotten the God who made them.
They have built palaces for themselves.
Judah has built forts in many towns.
But I will send down fire on their cities.
It will burn up their forts.”
