| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law. | 1Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. |
| 2To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.” | 2They cry out to Me, "My God, we of Israel know You!" |
| 3Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. | 3Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. |
| 4They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. | 4They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off. |
| 5I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? | 5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence? |
| 6For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces. | 6For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces. |
| 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. | 7For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up. |
| 8Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel. | 8Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights. |
| 9For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers. | 9For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers. |
| 10Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute. | 10Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes. |
| 11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning. | 11Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him. |
| 12Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing. | 12Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing. |
| 13As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. | 13As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt. |
| 14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds. | 14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings. |
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