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Hosea 8

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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 it shall 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 fortified cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."

#	21KJV
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 it shall 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 fortified cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."

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