1 ¶ Set the shofar to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD 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 I srael shall cry unto me, My God, we have known thee.

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

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

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

4 T hey have reigned, but not by me; they have made dominion, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold they have made themselves 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, has cast thee off; my anger has been kindled against them until they could no longer be absolved.

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

6 F or it is of Israel; and a workman made it who is not God: because the calf of Samaria shall be broken in 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; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the 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 ¶ Israel shall be swallowed up; soon they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which there 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 to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

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

10 E ven though they hire the Gentiles, now I will gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king and of the 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 has multiplied altars for sin, the altars shall be a sin unto him.

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

12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as strange things.

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

13 I n the sacrifices of my gifts they sacrificed flesh and ate; but the LORD does not accept them; now he will 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 has forgotten his Maker and has built temples; and Judah has 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.”