| | 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. | |
| | 2 | Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!' | |
| | 3 | But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. | |
| | 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. | |
| | 5 | Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? | |
| | 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. | |
| | 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 | Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing. | |
| | 9 | For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers. | |
| | 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. | |
| | 11 | "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning. | |
| | 12 | I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. | |
| | 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. | |
| | 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." | |
