Hosea 8:1-10 ▼

1 Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; Because they have transgressed My covenant, And trespassed against My law.

2 Will they 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 from 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 Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; How long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

6 For from Israel is even this: The craftsman made it, and it is no God; Yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; It hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; If so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up; Now are they become among the nations As a vessel wherein is no value.

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 up; And they begin to be minished By reason of the burden of king and princes.