1Set the trumpet to thy mouth: he shall come as an eagle against the House of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my Law.
2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4They have set up a king, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols: therefore shall they be destroyed.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be without innocency!
6For it came even from Israel: the workman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall bring forth no meal: if so be it brought forth, the strangers shall devour it.
8Israel is devoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9For they are gone up to Assyria: they are as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10Yet though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king and the princes.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, his altars shall be to sin.
12I have written to them the great things of my Law: but they were counted as a strange thing.
13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it: but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and buildeth Temples, and Judah hath increased strong cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.