הושע 8
| אל חכך שפר כנשר על בית יהוה--יען עברו בריתי ועל תורתי פשעו | 1 |
“Place a trumpet at your lips! An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
| לי יזעקו אלהי ידענוך ישראל | 2 |
They cry out to me, 'My God, we in Israel know you.'
| זנח ישראל טוב אויב ירדפו | 3 |
But Israel has rejected what is good, and the enemy will pursue him.
| הם המליכו ולא ממני השירו ולא ידעתי כספם וזהבם עשו להם עצבים למען יכרת | 4 |
They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, but it was only so they might be cut off.”
| זנח עגלך שמרון חרה אפי בם עד מתי לא יוכלו נקין | 5 |
“Your calf has been rejected, Samaria. My anger is burning against these people. For how long will they stay guilty?
| כי מישראל והוא--חרש עשהו ולא אלהים הוא כי שבבים יהיה עגל שמרון | 6 |
For this idol came from Israel; a workman made it; it is not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
| כי רוח יזרעו וסופתה יקצרו קמה אין לו צמח בלי יעשה קמח--אולי יעשה זרים יבלעהו | 7 |
For the people sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no flour. If it does come to maturity, foreigners will devour it.
| נבלע ישראל עתה היו בגוים ככלי אין חפץ בו | 8 |
Israel is swallowed up; now they lie among the nations like something useless.
| כי המה עלו אשור פרא בודד לו אפרים התנו אהבים | 9 |
For they went up to Assyria like a wild donkey all alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for herself.
| גם כי יתנו בגוים עתה אקבצם ויחלו מעט ממשא מלך שרים | 10 |
Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of princes.
| כי הרבה אפרים מזבחות לחטא היו לו מזבחות לחטא | 11 |
For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin offerings, but they have become altars for committing sins instead.
| אכתוב (אכתב) לו--רבו (רבי) תורתי כמו זר נחשבו | 12 |
I could write down my law for them ten thousand times, but they would view it as something strange to them.
| זבחי הבהבי יזבחו בשר ויאכלו--יהוה לא רצם עתה יזכר עונם ויפקד חטאותם--המה מצרים ישובו | 13 |
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but I, Yahweh, do not accept them. Now I will think about their iniquity and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
| וישכח ישראל את עשהו ויבן היכלות ויהודה הרבה ערים בצרות ושלחתי אש בעריו ואכלה ארמנתיה | 14 |
Israel has forgotten me, his Maker, and has built palaces. Judah has fortified many cities, but I will send fire on his cities; it will destroy his fortresses.
