Hosea 8

1 Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

12 Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.

13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

1 ¶ [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

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

3 Israel hath cast off [the thing that 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.

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

6 For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8 ¶ Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.

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

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

12 I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.

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

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.

1 Cry with a loud trumpet, saying, He cometh upon the house of the LORD as an eagle: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have turned aside from my law.

2 Then shall they cry unto me: Thou art my God; we know thee, O Israel.

3 Israel rejecteth that which is good: therefore the enemy must persecute them.

4 They make kings, but without me: they set princes, and I have no need to know. Out of their silver and gold they make idols, that they may soon be cut off.

5 Thy calf, Samaria, he hath cast out; mine anger is kindled against them; it cannot stand long; they must be punished.

6 For the calf is come out of Israel, and a workman hath made it, and cannot be God: therefore shall the calf of Samaria be consumed.

7 For they sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind: their seed shall not come up, neither shall their plant yield flour: though it yield, yet shall strangers eat it.

8 Israel shall be eaten up; the heathen shall deal with them as with an unworthy vessel,

9 Because they go up to Assyria like a wild beast astray. Ephraim giveth to the wooers, and giveth tribute to the heathen.

10 These same nations will I now gather upon them; they shall soon be weary of the burden of the king and of the princes.

11 For Ephraim hath made the altars to sin much: so shall the altars be made sin for him.

12 If I write unto him as much of my law, it shall be regarded as a strange doctrine.

13 Though they sacrifice much, and bring flesh, and eat it, yet the LORD hath no pleasure in it; but he will remember their iniquity, and make an atonement for their sins which turn to Egypt.

14 Israel forgetteth his Maker, and buildeth churches: so Judah maketh many strong cities: but I will send fire into his cities, and it shall devour his houses.