Hosea 8
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Hosea

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.+ 2They shall cry unto me, MyGod, we know thee; [we], Israel.+ 3Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.+ 4They 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 cut off.+ 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?+ 6For from Israel is this also: — a workman made it, and it is noGod: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.+ 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.+ 8Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.+ 9For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.+ 10Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.+ 11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.+ 12I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.+ 13They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.+ 14For 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.+

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