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Hosea 8

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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.
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 out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
2 Israel cries to me, "My God, we—Israel—know you!"
3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall 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.
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 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
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.
6 For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
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.
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 she is among the nations like something no one wants.
8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for 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.
10 Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.
11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.
11 When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.
12 Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
13 Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14 Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”
14 Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.
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