| Chapter 8
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| 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. |
| 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. |
