Hosea:8

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* "Set the trumpet to your mouth ! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD , Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law . * Israel will cry to Me , "My God , we know You !' * Israel has rejected the good ; The enemy will pursue him . * "They set up kings , but not by Me ; They made princes , but I did not acknowledge them . From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves -- That they might be cut off . * Your calf is rejected , O Samaria ! My anger is aroused against them -- How long until they attain to innocence ? * For from Israel is even this : A workman made it , and it is not God ; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces . * "They sow the wind , And reap the whirlwind . The stalk has no bud ; It shall never produce meal . If it should produce , Aliens would swallow it up . * Israel is swallowed up ; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure . * For they have gone up to Assyria , Like a wild donkey alone by itself ; Ephraim has hired lovers . * Yes , though they have hired among the nations , Now I will gather them ; And they shall sorrow a little , Because of the burden of the king of princes . * "Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin , They have become for him altars for sinning . * I have written for him the great things of My law , But they were considered a strange thing . * For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it , But the LORD does not accept them . Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins . They shall return to Egypt . * "For Israel has forgotten his Maker , And has built temples ; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities ; But I will send fire upon his cities , And it shall devour his palaces ."

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