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.

“ 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 hey shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee;, Israel.

Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we 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 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 T hy calf, O Samaria, hath cast off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?

Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to 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 workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall 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.

“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: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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 Assyria a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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

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 B ecause Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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

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

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

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