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.
2. Israel cries to me,"My God, we know you!"
3. Israel has turned away from the good;the enemy will pursue him.
4. They set up kings, but not through me;they chose princes, but without my knowledge.With silver and gold they crafted idolsfor their own destruction.
5. Your calf is rejected, Samaria.My anger burns against them.How long will they remain guilty?
6. The calf is from Israel,a person made it;it is not God.The calf of Samaria will be smashed.
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. Israel is swallowed up;among the nations, they are nowlike a useless jar.
9. They have gone up to Assyria,a wild ass wandering alone;Ephraim has hired lovers.