aPut the trumpet to your 1lips
! bLike an eagle
the enemy comes cagainst
the house
of the LORD
, Because
they have dtransgressed
My covenant
And rebelled
against
My elaw
.
aThey cry out to Me, "My God
, bwe of Israel
know
You!"
Israel has rejected
the good
; The enemy
will pursue
him.
aThey have set up kings
, but not by Me; They have appointed
princes
, but I did not know
it. With their bsilver
and gold
they have made
idols
for themselves, That 1they might be cut
off
.
1He has rejected your acalf
, O Samaria
, saying, "My anger
burns
against them!" How
long
will they be incapable
of binnocence
?
For from Israel is even this
! A acraftsman
made
it, so it is not God
; Surely
the calf
of Samaria
will be broken
to 1pieces
.
For athey sow the wind
And they reap
the bwhirlwind
. The standing
grain
has
no
1heads
; It yields
cno
2grain
. Should
it yield
, strangers
would swallow
it up.
Israel is aswallowed
up; They are now
among the nations
Like a bvessel
in which no
one
delights
.
For they have gone up to aAssyria
, Like ba wild
donkey
all alone
; Ephraim
has chired
1lovers
.
Even though
they hire
allies among the nations
, Now
I will agather
them up; And they will begin
bto 1diminish
Because
of the burden
of the cking
of princes
.
Since Ephraim
has amultiplied
altars
for sin
, They have become
altars
of sinning
for him.
Though aI wrote for him ten
thousand
precepts of My blaw
, They are regarded
as a strange
thing
.
As for My asacrificial gifts
, They bsacrifice
the flesh
and eat
it, But the LORD
has taken
no
delight
in them. Now
He will cremember
their iniquity
, And dpunish
them for their sins
; They will return
to eEgypt
.
For Israel has aforgotten
his Maker
and bbuilt
palaces
; And Judah
has multiplied
fortified
cities
, But I will send
a cfire
on its cities
that it may consume
its palatial
dwellings
.