Verse 1
[Set] the trumpet{H7782} to thy mouth.{H2441} As an eagle{H5404} [he cometh] against the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} because they have transgressed{H5674} my covenant,{H1285} and trespassed{H6586} against my law.{H8451}
Verse 2
They{H3478} shall cry{H2199} unto me, My God,{H430} we Israel know{H3045} thee.
Verse 3
Israel{H3478} hath cast off{H2186} that which is good:{H2896} the enemy{H341} shall pursue{H7291} him.
Verse 4
They have set up kings,{H4427} but not by me; they have made princes,{H7786} and I knew{H3045} it not: of their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} have they made{H6213} them idols,{H6091} that they may be cut off.{H3772}
Verse 5
He hath cast{H2186} off thy calf,{H5695} O Samaria;{H8111} mine anger{H639} is kindled{H2734} against them: how long will it be ere{H3808} they attain{H3201} to innocency?{H5356}
Verse 6
For from Israel{H3478} is even this; the workman{H2796} made{H6213} it, and it is no God;{H430} yea, the calf{H5695} of Samaria{H8111} shall be broken in pieces.{H7616}
Verse 7
For they sow{H2232} the wind,{H7307} and they shall reap{H7114} the whirlwind:{H5492} he hath no standing{H7054} grain; the blade{H6780} shall yield{H6213} no meal;{H7058} if{H194} so be it yield,{H6213} strangers{H2114} shall swallow it up.{H1104}
Verse 8
Israel{H3478} is swallowed up:{H1104} now are they among the nations{H1471} as a vessel{H3627} wherein none delighteth.{H2656}
Verse 9
For they are gone up{H5927} to Assyria,{H804} [like] a wild ass{H6501} alone{H909} by himself: Ephraim{H669} hath hired{H8566} lovers.{H158}
Verse 10
Yea, though they hire{H8566} among the nations,{H1471} now will I gather{H6908} them; and they begin{H4592} to be diminished{H2490} by reason of the burden{H4853} of the king{H4428} of princes.{H8269}
Verse 11
Because Ephraim{H669} hath multiplied{H7235} altars{H4196} for sinning,{H2398} altars{H4196} have been unto him for sinning.{H2398}
Verse 12
I wrote{H3789} for him the ten thousand things{H7230} of my law;{H8451} but they are counted{H2803} as a strange thing.{H2114}
Verse 13
As for the sacrifices{H2076} of mine offerings,{H1890} they sacrifice{H2077} flesh{H1320} and eat{H398} it; but Jehovah{H3068} accepteth{H7521} them not: now will he remember{H2142} their iniquity,{H5771} and visit{H6485} their sins;{H2403} they shall return{H7725} to Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 14
For Israel{H3478} hath forgotten{H7911} his Maker,{H6213} and builded{H1129} palaces;{H1964} and Judah{H3063} hath multiplied{H7235} fortified{H1219} cities:{H5892} but I will send{H7971} a fire{H784} upon his cities,{H5892} and it shall devour{H398} the castles{H759} thereof.