8Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.H7782H2441H5404H1004H3068H5674H1285H6586H84512To me they cry, "My God, we—Israel—know you."H3478H2199H430H30453Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.H3478H2186H2896H341H72914They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.H4427H7786H3045H3701H2091H6213H6091H37725I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?H5695H8111H2186H639H2734H3808H3201H53566For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.H3478H2796H6213H430H5695H8111H76167For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.H2232H7307H7114H5492H7054H6780H6213H7058H194H6213H2114H11048Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.H3478H1104H1471H3627H26569For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.H5927H804H6501H909H669H8566H15810Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.H8566H1471H6908H2490H4592H4853H4428H826911Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.H669H7235H4196H2398H4196H239812Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.H3789H7230H7239H8451H2803H211413As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat 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.H2076H1320H2077H1890H398H3068H7521H2142H5771H6485H2403H7725H471414For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.H3478H7911H6213H1129H1964H3063H7235H1219H5892H7971H784H5892H398H759