Hosea 8
1 Put the horn to your mouth! An eagle swoops down upon the house of the Lord because they have transgressed my covenant, trespassed against my law.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth: he shall come as an eagle against the House of the Lord, because they haue transgressed my couenant, and trespassed against my Lawe.
2 To me they continually cry, ‘My God, we Israel, we know you!’
Israel shall crie vnto me, My God, we know thee.
3 But Israel has spurned that which is good, so let the foe pursue him.
Israel hath cast off ye thing that is good: the enemie shall pursue him.
4 They themselves have made kings but without my consent. They have made princes but without my knowledge. Out of their silver and gold, they have made idols to their destruction!
They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knew it not: of their siluer and their gold haue they made them idoles: therefore shall they be destroyed.
5 Your calf idol, O Samaria, is distasteful. My anger is kindled against them. How long will they escape punishment?
Thy calfe, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: howe long will they be without innocencie!
6 Israel made the thing: a workman made it. It is not a god! Samaria’s calf will become mere splinters.
For it came euen from Israel: the workeman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calfe of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 They sow the wind and will reap the whirlwind. A shoot which has no stalk, yields no fruit If it should yield, strangers would devour it.
For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.
8 Israel is devoured. Already it lies discarded among the nations like a worthless pot.
Israel is deuoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessell wherein is no pleasure.
9 For by themselves they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey which wanders by itself. Ephraim pays for love
For they are gone vp to Asshur: they are as a wilde asse alone by himselfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.
10 but even if they sell themselves among the nations, I will round them up. Soon the kings and princes will writhe under the burden of tribute!
Yet though they haue hired among the nations, nowe will I gather them, and they shall sorowe a litle, for the burden of the King and the princes.
11 For as many altars as Ephraim has erected, they are to him altars for sinning,
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sinne, his altars shalbe to sinne.
12 were I to write for him ever so many instructions, they would be regarded as from a stranger.
I haue written to them the great things of my Lawe: but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 The people love sacrifice, and so they offer sacrifices, meat, and so they eat it, although the Lord is not pleased with them, so now he will remember their guilt, and punish their sins. Back to Egypt with them!
They sacrifice flesh for ye sacrifices of mine offerings, and eate it: but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes: they shall returne to Egypt.
14 For Israel forgot his Maker and built palaces, and Judah multiplied fortified cities. But I will send fire upon her cities, and it will devour her strongholds.
For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and buildeth Temples, and Iudah hath increased strong cities: but I will sende a fire vpon his cities, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.
