1 “ Put the horn to your lips! Men who hate us are coming like an eagle to fight against the house of the Lord, because the people of Israel have sinned against My agreement and would not obey 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 cry out to Me, ‘My God, we of Israel know You!’

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

3 I srael has turned away from the good, and those who hate him will come after him.

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

4 T hey have set up kings, but not by Me. They have chosen leaders, but I did not know it. They have made false gods for themselves out of silver and gold, so they will be destroyed.

“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 O Samaria, I will have nothing to do with the calf you worship. My anger burns against them! How long will it be before they are pure

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

6 i n Israel? A workman made this calf, so it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be broken to 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 T hey plant the wind and they will gather the storm. The standing grain has no heads, and will give no food. If it were to give food, strangers would eat it.

“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 is eaten up. They are now among the nations like a pot that is of no worth.

Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

9 T hey 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 alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 E ven when they hire people among the nations to help them, I will now gather them together. And they will begin to waste away because the powerful king will make it hard for them.

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 “ Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin gifts, they have become altars for sinning.

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

12 I wrote 10, 000 of My Laws for him, but they think of them as something strange.

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

13 T hey give gifts to Me and eat the meat of the gifts, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now He will remember their wrong-doing and punish them for their sins. They will 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 I srael has forgotten his Maker and built great houses. And Judah has built many strong cities ready for battle. But I will send a fire upon its cities that will destroy its beautiful houses.”

“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.”