Hosea 8

1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Put the trumpet to thy mouth! Like an eagle cometh an enemy against the house of Jehovah, Because they have transgressed my covenant, And have rebelled against my law.

2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.

They shall say to me, My God, we know thee, we, thine Israel!

3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Israel hath cast away what is good; The enemy shall pursue him.

4 They have set up kings, but not by 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.

They have set up kings, but not by me; They have made princes, and I knew it not. Of their silver and their gold have they made themselves idols, That they may be brought to destruction.

5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

An abomination is thy calf, O Samaria! Mine anger is kindled against them; How long will it be ere they can attain to purity!

6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

For from Israel it came; The workman made it, and it is no God; Yea, into fragments shall the calf of Samaria be broken.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

They have sown the wind, And they shall reap the whirlwind. They shall have no standing harvest; The ear shall yield no meal; If perchance it yield, strangers shall devour it.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

Israel is swallowed up; Soon shall they become among the nations As a vessel which no one desireth.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a solitary wild-ass; Ephraim hireth lovers;

10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

But though they hire among the nations, Soon will I gather the nations against them; Then shall they rest a little while from the burden of their king, and their princes!

11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

Ephraim hath built many altars for sin, Therefore shall he have altars for sin.

12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

Though I write for him many laws, They are accounted as a strange thing;

13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

As to the sacrifices which they should offer me, they slay flesh and eat it; Jehovah hath no pleasure in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, And punish their sins; To Egypt shall they return.

14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces, And Judah hath multiplied fenced cities; But I will send a fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.