Parallel Bible results for "hosea 8:1-10"

Hosea 8:1-10

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.

2 Israel cries to me, "My God, we—Israel—know you!"

3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

4 They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.

8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for lovers.

10 Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.

New International Version NIV

1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORDbecause the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

2 Israel cries out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’

3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

6 They are from Israel! This calf—a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7 “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.