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[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah , because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
2
They shall cry unto me, My God , we Israel know thee.
3
Israel hath cast off that which is good : the enemy shall pursue him.
4
They 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 .
5
He hath cast off thy calf , O Samaria ; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
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For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God ; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7
For they sow the wind , and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal ; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8
Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
9
For they are gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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Yea, though they hire among the nations , now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes .
11
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
12
I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law ; but they are counted as a strange thing.
13
As for the sacrifices of mine offerings , they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity , and visit their sins ; they shall return to Egypt .
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces ; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities : but I will send a fire upon his cities , and it shall devour the castles thereof.