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.
02 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know
thee.
03 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good:
the enemy shall pursue him.
04 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.
05 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine
anger is kindled against them: how long will it
be ere they attain to innocency?
06 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.
07 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.
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08 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be
among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no
pleasure.
09 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.
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