AB - Hosea - 8

8:1  He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed My covenant, and have sinned against My law.

8:2  They shall soon cry out to Me, saying, O God, we know You.

8:3  For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.

8:4  They have made kings for themselves, but not by Me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to Me: of their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.

8:5  Cast off your calf, O Samaria; My anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?

8:6  Seeing the workman made it, and it is not God; for your calf, O Samaria, was a deceiver.

8:7  For they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

8:8  Israel is swallowed up: now he has become among the nations as a worthless vessel.

8:9  For they have gone up to the Assyrians; Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.

8:10  Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations. Now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.

8:11  Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, his beloved altars have become sins to him.

8:12  I will write down a multitude of commands for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, even the beloved altars.

8:13  For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the Lord will not accept them. Now will He remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins; they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

8:14  And Israel has forgotten Him that made him, and they have built palaces, and Judah has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.