Hosea 8
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1Put 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.1Put the horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they transgress My covenant and rebel against My law.
2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”2Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!"
3But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
4They 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.4They have installed kings, but not through Me. They have appointed leaders, but without My approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.6For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
7For 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.7Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up.
8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.
9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.
10Though 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.10Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.
11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.
13Though 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.13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
14Israel 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.14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
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