1 P ut 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.

“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.

2 T hey cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”

They cry to me, ‘My God, we Israel acknowledge you!’

3 I srael has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.

4 T hey 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.

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

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

Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?

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

For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7 F or 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.

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

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

Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.

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

For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

10 E ven 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.

But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.

11 S ince Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.

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

I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

13 A s 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.

As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.

14 F or 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.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”