Israel’s Sin and Captivity Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased the more altars he built; as his country improved he improved his pillars.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied her altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up pillars.
Ⲉϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲗⲱⲓϫⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲑⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲉϥⲉ̀ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ⲉϥⲉ̀ⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲙ̀ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲕⲣⲟⲥⲑⲉⲛ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲉⲣⲥⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲓⲟϩⲓ speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
English (Standard • WEB)
They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
The inhabitants of Samar′ia tremble for the calf of Beth-a′ven. Its people shall mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, over its glory which has departed from it.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
Yea, the thing itself shall be carried to Assyria, as tribute to the great king. E′phraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall upon us.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲉ̀ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϭⲓⲛ̀ϫⲟⲛⲥ the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins,
English (Standard • WEB)
I will come against the wayward people to chastise them; and nations shall be gathered against them when they are chastised for their double iniquity.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill,
E′phraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put E′phraim to the yoke, Judah must plow, Jacob must harrow for himself.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.
You have plowed iniquity, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots and in the multitude of your warriors,
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Wherefore have ye passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the sins of it? ye have eaten false fruit; for thou has trusted in thy sins, in the abundance of thy power.
therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-ar′bel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Therefore shall destruction rise up among thy people, and all thy strong places shall be ruined: as a prince Solomon departed out of the house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children,