Hosea 8:1-10

1. 1 Set 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.

2. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

3. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

4. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

5. 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

6. 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7. 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

9. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

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