The Book of Hosea
Chapter 8
1 Set the trumpet to 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 unto me, My God, we know
thee.
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the
enemy shall pursue him.
4 They have set up a king, but not by me: they
have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver
and their gold have they made them idols: therefore
shall they be destroyed.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine
anger is kindled against them: how long will they
be without innocency!
6 For it came even from Israel: 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 stalk: the bud shall
bring forth no meal: if so be it brought forth, the
strangers shall devour it.
8 Israel is devoured, now shall they be among
the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria: they are as
a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired
lovers.
10 Yet though they have hired among the nations,
now will I gather them and they shall sorrow a little
for the burden of the king and the princes.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to
sin, his altars shall be to sin.
12 I have written to them the great things of my
Law: but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine
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, (a) and buildeth
Temples, and Judah hath increased strong cities: but
I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour
the palaces thereof.
Editor Suggests reading Ezekiel 22 for additional meditation
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