1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah , because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
2
They shall cry unto me, My God , we know thee; [we], Israel .
3
Israel hath cast off 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
Thy calf , O Samaria , hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
6
For from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and it is no God : for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
7
For they have sown the wind , and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal ; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8
Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10
Although they hire among the nations , now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes .
11
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12
I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law : they are counted [as] a strange thing.
13
They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings , and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity , and visit their sins : they shall return to Egypt .
14
For 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.