Dual Panel1Put the trumpet<7782> to your lips<2441>! Like an eagle<5404> the enemy comes against<5921> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, Because<3282> they have transgressed<5674> My covenant<1285> And rebelled<6586> against<5921> My law<8451>.
2They cry<2199> out to Me, "My God<430>, we of Israel<3478> know<3045> You!"
3Israel<3478> has rejected<2186> the good<2896>; The enemy<340> will pursue<7291> him.
4They have set<4427> up kings<4427>, but not by Me; They have appointed<8323> princes<8323>, but I did not know<3045> it. With their silver<3701> and gold<2091> they have made<6213> idols<6091> for themselves, That they might be cut<3772> off<3772>.
5He has rejected<2186> your calf<5695>, O Samaria<8111>, saying, "My anger<639> burns<2734> against them!" How<4970> long<5704> will they be incapable<3808><3201> of innocence<5356>?
6For from Israel<3478> is even this<1931>! A craftsman<2796> made<6213> it, so it is not God<430>; Surely<3588> the calf<5695> of Samaria<8111> will be broken<7616> to pieces<7616>.
7For they sow<2232> the wind<7307> And they reap<7114> the whirlwind<5492>. The standing<7054> grain<7054> has<369> no<369> heads<6780>; It yields<6213> no<1097> grain<7058>. Should<194> it yield<6213>, strangers<2114> would swallow<1104> it up.
8Israel<3478> is swallowed<1104> up; They are now<6258> among the nations<1471> Like a vessel<3627> in which no<369> one<369> delights<2656>.
9For they have gone<5927> up to Assyria<804>, Like a wild<6501> donkey<6501> all alone<909>; Ephraim<669> has hired<8566> lovers<158>.
10Even<1571> though<3588> they hire<8566> allies among the nations<1471>, Now<6258> I will gather<6908> them up; And they will begin<2490> to diminish<4592> Because<4480> of the burden<4853> of the king<4428> of princes<8269>.
11Since<3588> Ephraim<669> has multiplied<7235> altars<4196> for sin<2398>, They have become<1961> altars<4196> of sinning<2398> for him.
12Though I wrote<3789> for him ten<7239> thousand<7239> precepts of My law<8451>, They are regarded<2803> as a strange<2114> thing<2114>.
13As for My sacrificial<2077> gifts<1890>, They sacrifice<2076> the flesh<1320> and eat<398> it, But the LORD<3068> has taken<7521> no<3808> delight<7521> in them. Now<6258> He will remember<2142> their iniquity<5771>, And punish<6485> them for their sins<2403>; They will return<7725> to Egypt<4714>.
14For Israel<3478> has forgotten<7911> his Maker<6213> and built<1129> palaces<1964>; And Judah<3063> has multiplied<7235> fortified<1219> cities<5892>, But I will send<7971> a fire<784> on its cities<5892> that it may consume<398> its palatial<759> dwellings<759>.