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8:1  Put a trumpet to your lips! It’s as if a bird of prey has flown over the Lord’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and have not kept my Instruction.
8:2  Israel cries to me, “My God, we know you!”
8:3  Israel has turned away from the good; the enemy will pursue him.
8:4  They set up kings, but not through me; they chose princes, but without my knowledge. With silver and gold they crafted idols for their own destruction.
8:5  Your calf is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they remain guilty?
8:6  The calf is from Israel, a person made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed.
8:7  Because they sow the wind, they will get the whirlwind. Standing grain, but no fresh growth; it will yield no meal; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
8:8  Israel is swallowed up; among the nations, they are now like a useless jar.
8:9  They have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
8:10  Though they have bargained with the nations, I will now gather them up. They will soon be diminished due to the burden of kings and princes.
8:11  When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin, they became altars to him for sinning.
8:12  Even though I write out for him a large number of my instructions, they are regarded as strange.
8:13  Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
8:14  Israel has forgotten his maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied walled cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it will devour his fortresses.