¹ Set the shophar^* to^▵ thy mouth^*. He shall come as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have crossed·​·over My covenant, and against My law they have transgressed.

² Israel shall cry unto Me, My God, we know Thee.

³ Israel has cast·​·off what is good; the enemy shall pursue him.

⁴ They^◦ have made·​·kings, but not from Me; they have made·​·princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made for them idols^◦, so·​·that they may be cut·​·off.

⁵ Thy calf, O Samaria, has cast· thee ·off; My anger is·​·fierce against^◦ them; How^▵ long will they not be·​·able to attain innocence?

⁶ For it^◦ is also^◦ from Israel; a craftsman made it, and it^◦ is not God; for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in·​·pieces^▵.

⁷ For they have sown the wind, and they shall harvest the storm; there is no standing·​·grain for it; the growth shall not^▵ make meal; and if it should perhaps make meal, the strangers would swallow· it ·up.

⁸ Israel is swallowed·​·up; now shall they be among^◦ the nations as a vessel wherein there is no delight.

⁹ For they^◦ are gone·​·up to Assyria, a wild·​·ass alone to himself; Ephraim has hired^* lovers^◦.

¹⁰ Yes^◦, though^◦ they have hired among^◦ the nations, now will I bring· them ·together, and they shall begin as few from the burden of the king of princes.

¹¹ For Ephraim has multiplied altars to sin, they shall be for him altars for sin.

¹² I have written to him the multitude of My law, but they were reckoned as^▵ a strange thing.

¹³ They sacrifice the flesh for the sacrifices of what is given Me, and eat it; but Jehovah is not well·​·pleased in them; now will He remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they^◦ shall return to Egypt.

¹⁴ And Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon^◦ his cities, and it shall devour the palaces.