1 S et the trumpet to your lips! comes as a vulture against the house of the Lord, because they have broken My covenant and transgressed against My law.

“ Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

2 T hen they will cry to Me, My God, we know You!

Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’

3 I srael has rejected the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

4 T hey set up kings, but not from Me; they have made princes or removed them, I knew and recognized not. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, that they may be destroyed.

“They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves— That they might be cut off.

5 Y our calf, O Samaria, is loathsome and I have spurned it. My wrath burns against them. How long will it be before they attain purity?

Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence?

6 F or this 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.

For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

7 F or 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.

“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

8 I srael is swallowed up. Already they have become among the nations as a vessel that is useless.

Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

9 F or they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass taking her own way by herself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 Y es, though with presents they hire among the nations, now will I gather them up, and in a little while they will sorrow and begin to diminish because of the burden (tribute) imposed by the king of princes.

Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

11 F or Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning.

“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.

12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law, but they are counted as a strange thing.

I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.

13 M y sacrificial gifts they sacrifice; yes, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and iniquity and will punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh 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.

14 F or 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.

“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”