Hosea 8
New International Version - Hosea 8 << | >> 1234567891011121314 8:1 'Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 8:2 Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!' 8:3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf-a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria. 8:7 'They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up. 8:8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing. 8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers. 8:10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king. 8:11 'Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning. 8:12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. 8:13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. 8:14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses.'