| Chapter 8 |
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Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He cometh as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law. |
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They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; we, Israel. |
3 |
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
4 |
They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. |
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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity? |
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For from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and it is no God: for 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; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. |
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Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. |
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For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
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Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes. |
11 |
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. |
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I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted as a strange thing. |
13 |
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. |
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. |