Hosea 8

¹Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

²Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

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

⁴They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

⁵Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

⁶For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

⁷For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

⁸Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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

¹⁰Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

¹¹Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

¹²I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

¹³They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

¹⁴For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Hosea 8

¹`Unto thy moutha trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

²To Me they cry, `My God, weIsraelhave known Thee.'

³Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

⁴They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

⁵Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

⁶For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

⁷For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath nonea shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yieldstrangers do swallow it up.

⁸Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

⁹For theythey have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

¹⁰Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.

¹¹Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

¹²I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

¹³The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They to Egypt they turn back.

¹⁴And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!