1
Set the trumpet[H7782] to thy mouth[H2441]. He shall come as an eagle[H5404] against the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], because they have transgressed[H5674] my covenant[H1285], and trespassed[H6586] against my law[H8451].
2Israel[H3478] shall cry[H2199] unto me, My God[H430], we know[H3045] thee.
3Israel[H3478] hath cast off[H2186] the thing that is good[H2896]: the enemy[H341] shall pursue[H7291] him.
4
They have set up kings[H4427], but not by me: they have made[H6213]princes[H7786], and I knew[H3045] it not: of their silver[H3701] and their gold[H2091] have they made[H6213] them idols[H6091], that they may be cut off[H3772].
5
Thy calf[H5695], O Samaria[H8111], hath cast[H2186] thee off; mine anger[H639] is kindled[H2734] against them: how long will it be ere[H3808] they attain[H3201] to innocency?[H5356]
6
For from Israel[H3478] was it also: the workman[H2796]made[H6213] it; therefore it is not God[H430]: but the calf[H5695] of Samaria[H8111] shall be broken in pieces[H7616].
7
For they have sown[H2232] the wind[H7307], and they shall reap[H7114] the whirlwind[H5492]: it hath no stalk[H7054]: the bud[H6780] shall yield[H6213] no meal[H7058]: if[H194] so be it yield[H6213], the strangers[H2114] shall swallow it up[H1104].
8Israel[H3478] is swallowed up[H1104]: now shall they be among the Gentiles[H1471] as a vessel[H3627] wherein is no pleasure[H2656].
9
For they are gone up[H5927] to Assyria[H804], a wild ass[H6501]alone[H909] by himself: Ephraim[H669] hath hired[H8566]lovers[H158].
10
Yea, though they have hired[H8566] among the nations[H1471], now will I gather[H6908] them, and they shall sorrow[H2490] a little[H4592] for the burden[H4853] of the king[H4428] of princes[H8269].
11
Because Ephraim[H669] hath made many[H7235]altars[H4196] to sin[H2398], altars[H4196] shall be unto him to sin[H2398].
12
I have written[H3789] to him the great things[H7230] of my law[H8451], but they were counted[H2803] as a strange thing[H2114].
13
They sacrifice[H2076]flesh[H1320] for the sacrifices[H2077] of mine offerings[H1890], and eat[H398] it; but the LORD[H3068]accepteth[H7521] them not; now will he remember[H2142] their iniquity[H5771], and visit[H6485] their sins[H2403]: they shall return[H7725] to Egypt[H4714].
14
For Israel[H3478] hath forgotten[H7911] his Maker[H6213], and buildeth[H1129]temples[H1964]; and Judah[H3063] hath multiplied[H7235]fenced[H1219]cities[H5892]: but I will send[H7971] a fire[H784] upon his cities[H5892], and it shall devour[H398] the palaces[H759] thereof.