Rotherham - Hosea - 8

8:1  To thy mouth, with a horn! Like an eagle, on the house of Yahweh,—because they have violated my covenant, and, against my law, have they transgressed.

8:2  Unto me, shall they make outcry, My God! we acknowledge thee—[we], Israel!

8:3  Israel hath cast away what is good,—an enemy, shall pursue him.

8:4  They, have appointed kings, but not from me, have made rulers, but I have not acknowledged them: of their silver and their gold, they made themselves idols, to the end they might be cut off.

8:5  He hath cast away thy calf, O Samaria, kindled is mine anger upon them,—How long shall they not endure to be innocent?

8:6  For, of Israel, is even that thing! A craftsman, made it, and, a No-god, it is! For, into fragments, shall the Calf of Samaria be broken.

8:7  For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,

8:8  Swallowed up, is Israel; Now, have they gone among the nations, like a vessel in which no man taketh, delight.

8:9  For, they, have gone up to Assyria, A wild ass going alone for himself, is Ephraim! They have hired lovers!

8:10  Even though they hire them among the nations, at once, will I gather them, when they have begun to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of rulers.

8:11  Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars sinfully, they have become to him the altars of sin.

8:12  I have been wont to write for him the myriad things of my law,—Like something alien, have they been accounted.

8:13  My sacrificial gifts, have they been sacrificing as [common] flesh, and have eaten, Yahweh, hath not accepted them,—Now, will he call to mind their iniquity, that he may punish their sin, they, to Egypt, will return.

8:14  And so Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples, and, Judah, hath multiplied fortified cities,—Therefore will I send a fire upon his cities, and it shall consume the palaces thereof.