1 S et the trumpet to thy mouth. as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled 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 know thee;, Israel.

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

3 I srael hath cast off 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 T hy calf, O Samaria, hath cast off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?

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 this also:—a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be 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 have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would 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 become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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 Assyria 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 A lthough they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under 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 to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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

12 I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted a strange thing.

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

13 T hey sacrifice flesh the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. 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 buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces 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.