| Chapter 8 |
| 1 | Set the trumpet to thy mouth.
He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have
transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. |
| 2 | Israel
shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. |
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3 | Israel hath cast off the
thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
| 4 | They have set
up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their
silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut
off. |
| 5 |
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? |
| 6 | For
from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the
calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. |
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7 | For they have sown the
wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield
no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. |
| 8 | Israel
is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no
pleasure. |
| 9
| For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by
himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
| 10 | Yea, though they have hired
among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for
the burden of the king of princes. |
| 11 | Because Ephraim hath made
many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. |
| 12 | I have
written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange
thing. |
| 13
| They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine
offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember
their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. |
| 14 |
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath
multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof. |
