Hosea 8 NIV HCSB Parallel

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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.

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.

2Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

2Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!"

3But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

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.

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.

5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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.

6For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!

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.

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.

8Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.

9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.

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.

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.

11"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.

12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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