1[Set] the trumpet <07782> to thy mouth <02441>_. [He shall come] as an eagle <05404> against the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, because they have transgressed <05674> (8804) my covenant <01285>_, and trespassed <06586> (8804) against my law <08451>_. {thy: Heb. the roof of thy}
2Israel <03478> shall cry <02199> (8799) unto me, My God <0430>_, we know <03045> (8804) thee.
3Israel <03478> hath cast off <02186> (8804) [the thing that is] good <02896>_: the enemy <0341> (8802) shall pursue <07291> (8799) him.
4They have set up kings <04427> (8689)_, but not by me: they have made princes <07786> (8689)_, and I knew <03045> (8804) [it] not: of their silver <03701> and their gold <02091> have they made <06213> (8804) them idols <06091>_, that they may be cut off <03772> (8735)_.
5Thy calf <05695>_, O Samaria <08111>_, hath cast <02186> (8804) [thee] off; mine anger <0639> is kindled <02734> (8804) against them: how long [will it be] ere <03808> they attain <03201> (8799) to innocency <05356>_?
6For from Israel <03478> [was] it also: the workman <02796> made <06213> (8804) it; therefore it [is] not God <0430>_: but the calf <05695> of Samaria <08111> shall be broken in pieces <07616>_.
7For they have sown <02232> (8799) the wind <07307>_, and they shall reap <07114> (8799) the whirlwind <05492>_: it hath no stalk <07054>_: the bud <06780> shall yield <06213> (8799) no meal <07058>_: if <0194> so be it yield <06213> (8799)_, the strangers <02114> (8801) shall swallow it up <01104> (8799)_. {stalk: or, standing corn}
8Israel <03478> is swallowed up <01104> (8738)_: now shall they be among the Gentiles <01471> as a vessel <03627> wherein [is] no pleasure <02656>_.
9For they are gone up <05927> (8804) to Assyria <0804>_, a wild ass <06501> alone <0909> (8802) by himself: Ephraim <0669> hath hired <08566> (8689) lovers <0158>_. {lovers: Heb. loves}
10Yea, though they have hired <08566> (8799) among the nations <01471>_, now will I gather <06908> (8762) them, and they shall sorrow <02490> (8686) a little <04592> for the burden <04853> of the king <04428> of princes <08269>_. {sorrow: or, begin} {a...: or, in a little while}
11Because Ephraim <0669> hath made many <07235> (8689) altars <04196> to sin <02398> (8800)_, altars <04196> shall be unto him to sin <02398> (8800)_.
12I have written <03789> (8799) to him the great things <07230> (8675) <07239> of my law <08451>_, [but] they were counted <02803> (8738) as a strange thing <02114> (8801)_.
13They sacrifice <02076> (8799) flesh <01320> [for] the sacrifices <02077> of mine offerings <01890>_, and eat <0398> (8799) [it; but] the LORD <03068> accepteth <07521> (8804) them not; now will he remember <02142> (8799) their iniquity <05771>_, and visit <06485> (8799) their sins <02403>_: they shall return <07725> (8799) to Egypt <04714>_. {They sacrifice...: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc}
14For Israel <03478> hath forgotten <07911> (8799) his Maker <06213> (8802)_, and buildeth <01129> (8799) temples <01964>_; and Judah <03063> hath multiplied <07235> (8689) fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>_: but I will send <07971> (8765) a fire <0784> upon his cities <05892>_, and it shall devour <0398> (8804) the palaces <0759> thereof.