The Book of Hosea

Hos 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.

Hos 8:2 Israel shall cry unto Me, My God, we know Thee.

Hos 8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Hos 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.

Hos 8:5 Thy calf, O Sa-ma´-ri-a, hath cast thee off; Mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Hos 8:6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Sa-ma´-ri-a shall be broken in pieces.

Hos 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.

Hos 8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Hos 8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: E´-phra-im hath hired lovers.

Hos 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.

Hos 8:11 Because E´-phra-im hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

Hos 8:12 I have written to him the great things of My law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Hos 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.

Hos 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.