08:001

Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of HaShem; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law

08:002

Will they cry unto Me: 'My G-d, we Israel know Thee'

08:003

Israel hath cast off that which is good; the enemy shall pursue him

08:004

They have set up kings, but not from 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

08:005

Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; how long will it be ere they attain to innocency

08:006

For from Israel is even this: the craftsman made it, and it is no G-d; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers

08:007

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up

08:008

Israel is swallowed up; now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no value

08:009

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers

08:010

Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them up; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of king and princes

08:011

For Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, yea, altars have been unto him to sin

08:012

Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, they are accounted as a stranger's

08:013

As for the sacrifices that are made by fire unto Me, let them sacrifice flesh and eat it, for HaShem accepteth them not. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt

08:014

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces, and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof