Hosea 8

1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled 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 know thee; [we], Israel.

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

3 Israel hath cast off 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 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?

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 this also: — a workman made it, and it is no God: for 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 have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would 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 become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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 [as] 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 Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under 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 to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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

12 I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.

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

13 They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. 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 buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces 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.