1 Israel Reaps the Whirlwind Putthe trumpet to your 8:1Lit palate mouth!Like an eaglethe enemy comesagainst the house of YahwehBecause they have trespassed against My covenantAnd transgressed against My law.
2 They cry out to Me,“My God, we of Israel know You!”
3 Israel has rejected the good;The enemy will pursue him.
4 They have set up kings, but not by Me;They have appointed princes, but I did not knowit.With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,That 8:4 Lit he they might be cut off.
5 8:5Or Your calf has rejected you He has rejected your calf, O Samaria,saying,“My anger burns against them!”How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this!A craftsman made it, so it is not God;Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.
7 For they sow the wind,And they reap the whirlwind.The standing grain has no growth;It makes no flour.Should it makeanything, strangers would swallow it up.
8 ¶Israel is swallowed up;They are now among the nationsLike a vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to AssyriaLikea wild donkey all alone;Ephraim has hired 8:9Lit loves lovers.
10 Even though they hirealliesamong the nations,Now I will gather them up;And they will begin to 8:10Or suffer for awhile diminishBecause of the burden of the king of princes.
11 ¶Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though I wrote for him ten thousandpreceptsof My law,They are counted as a strange thing.
13 As for My sacrificial gifts,They sacrifice the flesh and eatit,ButYahweh has not accepted them.Now He will remember their iniquityAnd punishthemfor their sins;They will return to Egypt.
14 So Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.