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8 ‎(1) [Put] a ram’s horn to your mouth—
Like an eagle over the House of GOD;
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And been faithless to My teaching. ‎(2) Israel cries out to Me,
“O my God, we are devoted to You.” ‎(3) Israel rejects what is good;
An enemy shall pursue him. ‎(4) They have made kings,
But not with My sanction;
They have made officers,
But not of My choice.
Of their silver and gold
They have made themselves images,
To their own undoing. ‎(5) I reject your calf, Samaria!
I am furious with them!
Will they never be capable of purity? ‎(6) For it was Israel’s doing;
It was only made by a joiner,
It is not a god.
No, the calf of Samaria shall be
Reduced to splinters! ‎(7) They sow wind,
And they shall reap whirlwind—
Standing stalks devoid of ears
And yielding no flour.
If they do yield any,
Strangers shall devour it. ‎(8) Israel is bewildered;
They have now become among the nations
Like an unwanted vessel, ‎(9) [Like] a lonely wild ass.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Ephraim has courted friendship. ‎(10) And while they are courting among the nations,
There I will hold them fast;
And they shall begin to diminish in number
From the burden of king [and] officers. ‎(11) For Ephraim has multiplied altars—for guilt;
His altars have redounded to his guilt: ‎(12) The many teachings I wrote for him
Have been treated as something alien. ‎(13) When they present sacrifices to Me,
It is but flesh for them to eat:
GOD
has not accepted them.
Behold, their iniquities will be remembered,
Their sins will be punished:
Back to Egypt with them! ‎(14) Israel has ignored his Maker
And built temples
(And Judah has fortified many cities).
So I will set fire to his cities,
And it shall consume their fortresses.
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