Hosea 8
The Rebuke of Israel's
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Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and
trespassed against my law.
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Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know
thee.
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Israel hath cast off the thing that
is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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They have set up kings, but not by me:
they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver
and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut
off.
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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
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For from Israel was it also: the
workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of
Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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For they have sown the wind, and they
shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no
meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it
up.
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Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be
among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no
pleasure.
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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild
ass alone by himself: E'phra-im hath hired lovers.
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10 |
Yea, though they have hired among the
nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for
the burden of the king of princes.
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Because E'phra-im hath made many altars
to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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I have written to him the great things of
my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
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They sacrifice flesh for the
sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to
Egypt.
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14 |
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and
buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I
will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces
thereof.
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