(Put) the ram’s horn to your lips ! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD , because (the people) have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Israel cries out “ O our God , we know You ! ”
(But) Israel has rejected good ; an enemy will pursue him.
They set up kings , but not by Me. They make princes , but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make idols , to their own destruction.
He has rejected your calf , O Samaria. My anger burns How long will they be ... incapable ... of innocence ?
For this thing is from Israel — a craftsman made it , and it ... is not God. It will be broken to pieces , that calf of Samaria.
For they sow the wind , and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain ; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce , the foreigners would swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up ! Now they are among the nations like a worthless ... vessel.
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own Ephraim has hired lovers.
Though ... they hire allies among the nations , I will now round them up , and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin , they became altars for sinning.
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law , they regarded them as something strange.
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me , and (though they) eat the meat , the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins : They will return to Egypt.
Israel - has forgotten his Maker and built palaces ; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities , and it will consume their citadels.