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8:1  “Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn. The enemy swoops down on Yahweh’s temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.
8:2  They cry out to me, ‘We acknowledge you as our Elohim.’
8:3  However, they have rejected what is good. The enemy will persecute them.
8:4  “They chose their own kings, kings I didn’t approve. They chose their own princes, princes I didn’t know. They chose to make idols with their own silver and gold. Because of this, they will be destroyed.
8:5  Get rid of your calf-shaped idol, Samaria. My anger burns against these people. How long will they remain unclean?
8:6  Samaria’s calf-shaped idol was made in Israel. Skilled workers made it. It is not a god. It will be smashed to pieces.
8:7  “The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that doesn’t ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
8:8  Israel will be swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.
8:9  “The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.
8:10  Even though they sold themselves among the nations, I will gather them now. They will suffer for a while under the burdens of kings and princes.
8:11  “The more altars that the people of Ephraim build to make offerings to pay for their sins, the more places they have for sinning.
8:12  I have written many things for them in my teachings, but they consider these things strange and foreign.
8:13  They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, Yahweh, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.
8:14  The people of Israel have built palaces, and they have forgotten their maker. The people of Judah have built many fortified cities. I will send a fire on their cities and burn down their palaces.”