Set the trumpet to thy mouth. he shall come as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
To me will they then cry, My God, we [Israel] know thee.
Israel hath cast off good; the enemy shall pursue him.
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 cast off.
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to purity?
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.
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.
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Yea, because they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and in a little they shall sorrow for the burden of the king of princes.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, many altars shall be unto him to sin.
I have written to him the great things of my law: they were counted as a strange thing.
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it: Jehovah accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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.