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Hosea 8

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 "Sound the alarm on the ram's horn. The enemy swoops down on the LORD's temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.

2 They cry out to me, 'We acknowledge you as our God.'

3 However, they have rejected what is good. The enemy will persecute them.

4 "They chose their own kings, kings I didn't approve. They chose their own princes, princes I didn't know. They chose to make idols with their own silver and gold. Because of this, they will be destroyed.

5 Get rid of your calf-shaped idol, Samaria. My anger burns against these people. How long will they remain unclean?

6 Samaria's calf-shaped idol was made in Israel. Skilled workers made it. It is not a god. It will be smashed to pieces.

7 "The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that doesn't ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.

8 Israel will be swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.

9 "The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.

10 Even though they sold themselves among the nations, I will gather them now. They will suffer for a while under the burdens of kings and princes.

11 "The more altars that the people of Ephraim build to make offerings to pay for their sins, the more places they have for sinning.

12 I have written many things for them in my teachings, but they consider these things strange and foreign.

13 They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, the LORD, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.

14 The people of Israel have built palaces, and they have forgotten their maker. The people of Judah have built many fortified cities. I will send a fire on their cities and burn down their palaces."

New King James Version NKJV

1 "Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

2 Israel will cry to Me, 'My God, we know You!'

3 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

4 "They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves-- That they might be cut off.

5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them-- How long until they attain to innocence?

6 For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

7 "They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

11 "Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.

12 I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.

13 For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the Lord does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

14 "For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces."