Hosea:8

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* Set the trumpet to your lips , for a vulture is over the house of the LORD , because they have broken my covenant , and transgressed my law . * To me they cry , My God , we Israel know thee . * Israel has spurned the good ; the enemy shall pursue him . * They made kings , but not through me . They set up princes , but without my knowledge . With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction . * I have spurned your calf , O Sama 'ria . My anger burns against them . How long will it be till they are pure * in Israel ? A workman made it ; it is not God . The calf of Sama 'ria shall be broken to pieces . * For they sow the wind , and they shall reap the whirlwind . The standing grain has no heads , it shall yield no meal ; if it were to yield , aliens would devour it . * Israel is swallowed up ; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel . * For they have gone up to Assyria , a wild ass wandering alone ; E 'phraim has hired lovers . * Though they hire allies among the nations , I will soon gather them up . And they shall cease for a little while from anointing king and princes . * Because E 'phraim has multiplied altars for sinning , they have become to him altars for sinning . * Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands , they would be regarded as a strange thing . * They love sacrifice ; they sacrifice flesh and eat it ; but the LORD has no delight in them . Now he will remember their iniquity , and punish their sins ; they shall return to Egypt . * For Israel has forgotten his Maker , and built palaces ; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities ; but I will send a fire upon his cities , and it shall devour his strongholds .

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