Hosea 8

8^*Set ^athe trumpet to ^†thy mouth.

He shall come ^bas an eagle against the house of the Lord,

Because ^cthey have transgressed my covenant,

And trespassed against my law.

²Israel shall cry unto me, ^dMy God, we know thee.

³Israel ^jhath cast off the thing that is good:

The enemy shall pursue him.

^4eThey have set up kings, ^fbut not by me:

They have made princes, and I knew it not:

Of ^gtheir silver and their gold have they made them idols,

That they may be cut off.

^5hThy calf, ⁱO Samaria, ^jhath cast thee off;

Mine anger is kindled against them:

^kHow long will it be ere they attain to ^linnocency?

⁶For from Israel was it also:

The workman made it; therefore it is not God:

But ^hthe calf of ⁱSamaria ^llshall be broken in pieces.

⁷For ^mthey have sown the wind, and ^mthey shall reap the whirlwind:

It hath no ^||stalk: the bud shall yield no meal:

If so be it yield, ⁿthe strangers shall swallow it up.

^8oIsrael is swallowed up:

Now shall they be among the Gentiles as ^pa vessel wherein is no pleasure.

^9*For ^qthey are gone up to Assyria, ^qqa wild ass ^ralone by himself:

^sEphraim hath hired ^†lovers.

¹⁰Yea, though ^sthey have hired among the nations, now ^twill I gather them,

And they shall ^||sorrow ^||a little for the burden of ^uthe king of princes.

¹¹Because Ephraim ^vhath made many altars to sin,

Altars shall be unto him to sin.

^12wI have written to him ^xthe great things of my law,

But they were counted as a strange thing.

^13y||They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;

But ^zthe Lord accepteth them not;

Now ^abwill he remember their iniquity, and ^avisit their sins:

^cThey shall return to Egypt.

¹⁴For ^dIsrael hath forgotten ^ehis Maker, and ^fbuildeth temples;

And Judah hath multiplied fenced cities:

But ^gI will send a fire upon his cities,

And ^git shall devour the palaces thereof.