| 章 |
| 8:1 |
Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
|
| 8:2 |
Israel cries to me, "My God, we-- Israel-- know you!"
|
| 8:3 |
Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
|
| 8:4 |
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.
|
| 8:5 |
Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
|
| 8:6 |
For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
|
| 8:7 |
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, foreigners would devour it.
|
| 8:8 |
Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
|
| 8:9 |
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for lovers.
|
| 8:10 |
Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.
|
| 8:11 |
When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.
|
| 8:12 |
Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.
|
| 8:13 |
Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
|
| 8:14 |
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.
|
