Hosea 8
1 [SET] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
[He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know thee.
3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.
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.
They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.
10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him.
12 Though I write for him my law in ten thousand [precepts], they are counted as a strange thing.
I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.
13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.
