Hosea 8:8–14

8  oIsrael 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.

10  Yea, 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.

11  Because Ephraim vhath made many altars to sin,

Altars shall be unto him to sin.

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

But they were counted as a strange thing.

13  y||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.

14  For 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.