Dual Panel1Sound <02441> the alarm <07782>! An eagle <05404> looms over <05921> the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068>! For <03282> they have broken <05674> their covenant <01285> with <05921> me, and have rebelled <06586> against my law <08451>.
2Israel <03478> cries out <02199> to me, “My God <0430>, we acknowledge <03045> you!”
3But Israel <03478> has rejected <02186> what is morally good <02896>; so an enemy <0341> will pursue <07291> him.
4They <01992> enthroned kings <04427> without <04480> <03808> my consent! They appointed princes <08323> without <03808> my approval <03045>! They made <06213> idols <06091> out of their silver <03701> and gold <02091>, but they will be destroyed <03772>!
5O Samaria <08111>, he has rejected <02186> your calf <05695> idol! My anger <0639> burns <02734> against them! They will not <03808> survive much longer without being punished <05356>, even though they are Israelites!
6That <01931> idol <03478> was made <06213> by a workman <02796>– it is not <03808> God <0430>! The calf <05695> idol of Samaria <08111> will be <01961> broken to bits <07616>.
7They sow <02232> the wind <07307>, and so they will reap <07114> the whirlwind <05492>! The stalk <06780> does not have <0369> any standing grain <07054>; it will not <01097> produce <06213> any flour <07058>. Even if <0194> it were to yield <06213> grain, foreigners <02114> would swallow <01104> it all up.
8Israel <03478> will be swallowed up <01104> among the nations <01471>; they will be <01961> like a worthless <02656> <0369> piece of pottery <03627>.
9They <01992> have gone up <05927> to Assyria <0804>, like a wild donkey <06501> that wanders off <0909>. Ephraim <0669> has hired <08566> prostitutes as lovers <0158>.
10Even <01571> though <03588> they have hired <08566> lovers among the nations <01471>, I will soon <06258> gather <06908> them together for judgment. Then they will begin <02490> to waste away <04592> under the oppression <04853> of a mighty king <08269> <04428>.
11Although <03588> Ephraim <0669> has built many <07235> altars <04196> for sin <02398> offerings, these have become <01961> altars <04196> for sinning <02398>!
12I spelled out <03789> <03789> my law <08451> for him in great detail <07239>, but they regard <02803> it as something <03644> totally unknown <02114> to them!
13They offer up <02076> sacrificial <01890> gifts <02077> to me, and eat <0398> the meat <01320>, but the Lord <03069> does not <03808> accept <07521> their sacrifices. Soon <06258> he will remember <02142> their wrongdoing <05771>, he will punish <06485> their sins <02403>, and they <01992> will return <07725> to Egypt <04714>.
14Israel <03478> has forgotten <07911> his Maker <06213> and built <01129> royal palaces <01964>, and Judah <03063> has built many <07235> fortified <01219> cities <05892>. But I will send <07971> fire <0784> on their cities <05892>; it will consume <0398> their royal citadels <0759>.