“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 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know
thee. 3 Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall
pursue him. 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 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 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 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 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a
vessel wherein [is] no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a
wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 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. 11 Because
Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were
counted as a strange thing. 13 They 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. 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples;
and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his
cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.” (Hosea 8:1-14 AV)