1 ` 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 T o Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'

3 C ast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

4 T hey 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 C ast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

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

7 F or 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 I srael hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

9 F or they -- they have gone up Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

10 A lso 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 did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

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

13 T he 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 A nd 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!