Hosea 8

¹Let there be a trumpet in your throat, like an eagle over the house of the Lord, on behalf of those who have transgressed my covenant and violated my law.

²They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”

³Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.

⁴They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.

⁵Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?

⁶For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.

⁷For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.

⁸Israel has been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.

⁹For they have gone up to Assur, a wild ass alone by himself. Ephraim has given presents to his lovers.

¹⁰But even when they will have brought the nations together for the sake of money, now I will assemble them. And they will rest for a little while from the burden of the king and the leaders.

¹¹For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.

¹²I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.

¹³They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.

¹⁴And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures.

Hosea 8

¹Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.

²They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.

³Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.

⁴They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.

⁵Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?

⁶For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders' webs.

⁷For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

⁸Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.

⁹For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

¹⁰But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.

¹¹Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.

¹²I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

¹³They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

¹⁴And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.