8 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.