Hosea

1“Put the trumpet to your lips!Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

2They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’

3Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.

4They have set up kings, but not by me.They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

5Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?

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

7For they sow the wind,and they will reap the whirlwind.He has no standing grain.The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

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

9For they have gone up to Assyria,like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

10But although they sold themselves among the nations,I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.

11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,they became for him altars for sinning.

12I wrote for him the many things of my law,but they were regarded as a strange thing.

13As for the sacrifices of my offerings,they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD doesn’t accept them.Now he will remember their iniquity,and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.

14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”

1'Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

2To Me they cry, 'My God, we — Israel — have known Thee.'

3Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

4They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

5Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

6For even it [is] of Israel; an artificer made it, And it [is] not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

7For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up.

8Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

9For they — they have gone up [to] Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself [is] Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

10Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.

11Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

12I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

13The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They — [to] Egypt they turn back.

14And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!