Hosea 8:1-10 ▼

1 “To your mouth—a horn, || As an eagle against the house of YHWH, || Because they transgressed My covenant, || And against My law they have rebelled.

2 To Me they cry, My God, we—Israel—have known You.

3 Israel has cast off good, an enemy pursues him.

4 They have made kings, and not by Me, || They have made princes, and I have not known, || Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, || So that they are cut off.

5 Your calf has cast off, O Samaria, || My anger has burned against them; Until when are they not capable of purity?

6 For even it [is] of Israel; a craftsman made it, || And it [is] not God, || For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

7 For wind they sow, and a windstorm they reap, || Stalk it has none—a shoot not yielding grain, || If so be it yield—strangers swallow it up.

8 Israel has been swallowed up, || Now they have been among nations, || As a vessel in which is no delight.

9 For they have gone up [to] Asshur, || A wild donkey alone by himself [is] Ephraim, || They have hired lovers!

10 Also though they hire among nations, || Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, || From the burden of a king of princes.