8:1 [He shall come] into their midst as the
land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have
transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
8:2 They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know thee.
8:3 For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.
8:4 They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but
they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have
made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
8:5 Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how
long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
8:6 Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf,
Samaria, was a deceiver:
8:7 for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them,
a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce
it, strangers shall devour it.
8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a
worthless vessel.
8:9 For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened
against himself; they loved gifts.
8:10 Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive
them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.
8:11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become
sins to him.
8:12 I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes
are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars.
8:13 For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not
accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance
on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean
things among the Assyrians.
8:14 And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes,
and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities,
and it shall devour their foundations. |
8:1 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.
8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
8:4 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.
8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against
them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
8:6 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.
8:7 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.
8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel
wherein is no pleasure.
8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim
hath hired lovers.
8:10 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.
8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him
to sin.
8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted
as a strange thing.
8:13 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.
8:14 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. |