8SET THE trumpet to your lips! [The enemy] comes as a [great] vulture against the house of the Lord, because they have broken My covenant and transgressed against My law.H7782H2441H5404H1004H3068H5674H1285H6586H84512Then they will cry to Me, My God, we [of Israel] know You!H3478H2199H430H30453Israel has rejected the good [with loathing]; the enemy shall pursue him.H3478H2186H2896H341H72914They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; they have made princes or removed them [without consulting Me; therefore], I knew {and} recognized [them] not. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, that they [the silver and the gold] may be destroyed.H4427H7786H3045H3701H2091H6213H6091H37725Your calf [idol], O Samaria, is loathsome {and} I have spurned it. My wrath burns against them. How long will it be before they attain purity?H5695H8111H2186H639H2734H3808H3201H53566For this [calf] too is from Israel; a craftsman made it; therefore it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to shivers {and} go up in flames.H3478H2796H6213H430H5695H8111H76167For 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, strangers {and} aliens would eat it up.H2232H7307H7114H5492H7054H6780H6213H7058H194H6213H2114H11048Israel is [as if] swallowed up. Already they have become among the nations as a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless.H3478H1104H1471H3627H26569For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass taking her own way by herself; Ephraim has hired lovers.H5927H804H6501H909H669H8566H15810Yes, though with presents they hire [allies] among the nations, now will I gather them up, and in a little while they will sorrow {and} begin to diminish [their gifts] because of the burden (tribute) imposed by the king of princes [the king of Assyria].H8566H1471H6908H2490H4592H4853H4428H826911For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning.H669H7235H4196H2398H4196H239812I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law, but they are counted as a strange thing [as something which does not concern him].H3789H7230H7239H8451H2803H211413My sacrificial gifts they sacrifice [as a mere form]; yes, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now He will [earnestly] remember their guilt {and} iniquity and will punish their sins. They shall return to [another] Egypt [Assyria].H2076H1320H2077H1890H398H3068H7521H2142H5771H6485H2403H7725H471414For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces {and} idol temples, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities and it shall devour his palaces {and} fortified buildings.H3478H7911H6213H1129H1964H3063H7235H1219H5892H7971H784H5892H398H759
