| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the LORD! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. | 1"Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. |
| 2Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" | 2Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!' |
| 3But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. | 3But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. |
| 4They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! | 4They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. |
| 5O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites! | 5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? |
| 6That idol was made by a workman--it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits. | 6They are from Israel! This calf--a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria. |
| 7They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. | 7"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up. |
| 8Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery. | 8Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants. |
| 9They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. | 9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers. |
| 10Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king. | 10Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king. |
| 11Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning! | 11"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning. |
| 12I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them! | 12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign. |
| 13They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt. | 13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. |
| 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels. | 14Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses." |
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