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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 a king, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols: therefore shall they be destroyed.
[5] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be without innocency!
[6] For it came even from Israel: 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 bring forth no meal: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall devour it.
[8] Israel is devoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
[9] For they are gone up to Assyria: they are as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
[10] Yet though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little, for the burden of the king and the princes.
[11] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, his altars shall be to sin.
[12] I have written to them 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 increased strong cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
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