| 1 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? 6 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.
10 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. 14 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.
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