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v1
Put to your lips the trumpet like a vulture over the house of Yahweh, because they have broken my covenant ^[Literally “transgressed my covenant”] and rebelled against my law.
v2
They cry out to me, “My God! We, Israel, know you!“
v3
Israel has spurned the good; the enemy will pursue him.
v4
They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their ^[Hebrew “his”] own destruction. ^[Literally “cut off”]
v5
Your calf is rejected, ^[Hebrew “he rejects” or “has rejected you”] O Samaria; my anger burns against them. How long ^[Hebrew “Until when”] will they be incapable of innocence?
v6
Because _it is_ from Israel,
an artisan made it, it is not a god; for the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
v7
Because they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind. The standing grain does not have heads; ^[Hebrew “head”] it will not yield flour. And if it would yield, strangers would devour it.
v8
Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like an object that no one desires.
v9
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone to itself; Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.
v10
Even though they have sold themselves to the nations, now I will gather them. They will soon writhe from the burden of kings ^[Hebrew “king”] and princes.
v11
When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sins, they became to him altars to sin on.
v12
I write for him myriads of my instruction; ^[Or “my law”] they are regarded as a strange thing.
v13
They offer sacrifices of my choice ^[Hebrew uncertain; or “loved ones”] and they eat flesh; Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
v14
Israel has forgotten his maker and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send fire on his cities and it will devour her strongholds.