1. ‘Put the trumpet to your lips!An eagle is over the house of the Lordbecause the people have broken my covenantand rebelled against my law.
2. Israel cries out to me,“Our God, we acknowledge you!”
3. But Israel has rejected what is good;an enemy will pursue him.
4. They set up kings without my consent;they choose princes without my approval.With their silver and goldthey make idols for themselvesto their own destruction.
5. Throw out your calf-idol, Samaria!My anger burns against them.How long will they be incapable of purity?
6. They are from Israel!This calf – a metalworker has made it;it is not God.It will be broken in pieces,that calf of Samaria.
7. ‘They sow the windand reap the whirlwind.The stalk has no head;it will produce no flour.Were it to yield grain,foreigners would swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up;now she is among the nationslike something no one wants.
9. For they have gone up to Assyrialike a wild donkey wandering alone.Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.