1 S et the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

2 T hey shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.

They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”

3 I srael hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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

4 T hey 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.

They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.

5 H e hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 F or from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.

7 F or they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

8 I srael is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.

9 F or they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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

10 Y ea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.

11 B ecause Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

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

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.

13 A s for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the Lord has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.

14 F or Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.