1   Set the trumpet to ^note thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

2   Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee.

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3   Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

4   They 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 for themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

5   ¶2; Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?

6   For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7   For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no ^note stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8   Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.

9   For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired ^note lovers.

10   Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall ^note sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11   Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.

12   I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

13    ^noteThey sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

14   For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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