Hosea 8
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1Put the horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they transgress My covenant and rebel against My law. 1Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.
2Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!" 2To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.”
3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. 3Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
4They have installed kings, but not through Me. They have appointed leaders, but without My approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction. 4They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? 5I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits! 6For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up. 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery. 8Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love. 9For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
10Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders. 10Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.
11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. 11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.
12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. 12Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt. 13As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels. 14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
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