1
Put the
trumpet to your
lips! Like an
eagle the enemy comes
against the
house of the
LORD,
Because they have
transgressed My
covenant And
rebelled against My
law.
!;[;y h'wh.y tyeB -l;[ r,v,N;K r'p{v '$.Kix -l,a ? .W['v'P yit'rw{T -l;[.w yityir.b .Wr.b'[
2
They
cry out to Me, "My
God, we of
Israel know You!"
lea'r.fIy '$.Wn][;d.y y;h{l/a .Wq'[.zIy yil
3
Israel has
rejected the
good; The
enemy will
pursue him.
]w{p.D.rIy beyw{a bw{j lea'r.fIy x;n'z
4
They have
set up
kings, but not by Me; They have
appointed princes, but I did not
know it. With their
silver and
gold they have
made idols for themselves, That they might be
cut off.
yiT.['d'y a{l.w .Wryifeh yiN,Mim a{l.w .Wkyil.mih ~eh ? ter'KIy !;[;m.l ~yiB;c][ ~,h'l .Wf'[ ~'b'h.z.W ~'P.s;K
5
He has
rejected your
calf, O
Samaria, saying, "My
anger burns against them!"
How long will they be
incapable * of
innocence?
y;t'm -d;[ ~'B yiP;a h'r'x !w{r.m{v .$el.g,[ x;n'z ? !{y'Qin .Wl.k.Wy a{l
6
For from
Israel is even
this! A
craftsman made it, so it is not
God;
Surely the
calf of
Samaria will be
broken to
pieces.
~yih{l/a a{l.w .Wh'f'[ v'r'x a.Wh.w lea'r.fiYim yiK ? !w{r.m{v l,ge[ h,y.hIy ~yib'b.v -yiK a.Wh
7
For they
sow the
wind And they
reap the
whirlwind. The
standing grain has no heads; It
yields no grain.
Should it
yield,
strangers would
swallow it up.
w{l -nyea h'm'q .Wr{c.qIy h't'p.Ws.w .W['r.zIy ;x.Wr yiK ? ~yir'z h,f][;y y;l.Wa x;m,Q -h,f][;y yil.B x;m,c ? .WhU['l.bIy
8
Israel is
swallowed up; They are
now among the
nations Like a
vessel in which
no one delights.
#,pex -nyea yil.kiK ~Iyw{G;b .Wy'h h'T;[ lea'r.fIy [;l.bin ? w{B
9
For they have
gone up to
Assyria, Like a
wild donkey all
alone;
Ephraim has
hired lovers.
~Iy;r.p,a w{l dedw{B a,r,P r.WV;a .Wl'[ h'Meh -yiK ? ~yib'h]a .Wn.tih
10
Even though they
hire allies among the
nations,
Now I will
gather them up; And they will
begin to
diminish Because of the
burden of the
king of
princes.
.WLex'Y;w ~ec.B;q]a h'T;[ ~Iyw{G;b .Wn.tIy -yiK ~;G ? ~yir'f .$,l,m a'F;Mim j'[.M
11
Since Ephraim has
multiplied altars for
sin, They have
become altars of
sinning for him.
w{l -.Wy'h a{j]x;l t{x.B.zim ~Iy;r.p,a h'B.rih -yiK ? a{j]x;l tw{x.B.zim
12
Though I
wrote for him
ten thousand precepts of My
law, They are
regarded as a
strange thing.
.Wb'v.x,n r'z -w{m.K yit'rw{T w{Bir bw{tk,a
13
As for My
sacrificial gifts, They
sacrifice the
flesh and
eat it, But the
LORD has
taken no delight in them.
Now He will
remember their
iniquity, And
punish them for their
sins; They will
return to
Egypt.
h'wh.y .Wleka{Y;w r'f'b .Wx.B.zIy y;b'h.b;h yex.biz ? ~'twa{J;x d{q.pIy.w ~'n{w][ r{K.zIy h'T;[ ~'c'r a{l ? .Wb.Wv'y ~Iy;r.cim h'Meh
14
For
Israel has
forgotten his
Maker and
built palaces; And
Judah has
multiplied fortified cities, But I will
send a
fire on its
cities that it may
consume its
palatial dwellings.
tw{l'kyeh !,biY;w .Whef{[ -t,a lea'r.fIy x;K.viY;w ? vea -yiT.x;Liv.w tw{rUc.B ~yir'[ h'B.rih h'd.Whyiw ? 'hy,t{n.m.r;a h'l.k'a.w wy'r'[.B