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.

`Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

2 I srael shall cry unto me, My God, we have known thee.

To Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'

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

Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth 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 have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are 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.

Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

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 even it of Israel; an artificer made it, And it not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

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.

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do 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 hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

9 F or they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

For they -- they have gone up Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself Ephraim, They have 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.

Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.

11 B ecause Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, the altars shall be a sin unto him.

Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

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

I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

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.

The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- Egypt they turn back.

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.

And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!