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1 Set the trum­pet to thy mouth. He shall come as an ea­gle against the house of the LORD, be­cause they have trans­gressed my covenant, and tres­passed against my law. 2 Is­rael shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Is­rael hath cast off the thing that is 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. 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kin­dled against them: how long will it be ere they at­tain to in­no­cen­cy? 6 For from Is­rael was it al­so: the work­man made it; there­fore it is not God: but 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: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swal­low it up. 8 Is­rael is swal­lowed up: now shall they be among the Gen­tiles as a ves­sel where­in is no plea­sure. 9 For they are gone up to As­syr­ia, a wild ass alone by him­self: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the na­tions, now will I gath­er them, and they shall sor­row a lit­tle for the bur­den of the king of princes. 11 Be­cause Ephraim hath made many al­tars to sin, al­tars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have writ­ten to him the great things of my law, but they were count­ed as a strange thing. 13 They sac­ri­fice flesh for the sac­ri­fices of mine of­fer­ings, and eat it; but the LORD ac­cepteth them not; now will he re­mem­ber their in­iq­ui­ty, and vis­it their sins: they shall re­turn to Egypt. 14 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.