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.

Put 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.

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

They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”

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

Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue 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.

They 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

For 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.

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

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

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

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has 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.

Even 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.

11 B ecause Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

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

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

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.

As 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.

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!

For 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.