| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Set 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. | 1Put the horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they transgress My covenant and rebel against My law. |
| 2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. | 2Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!" |
| 3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. | 3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. |
| 4They 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. | 4They have installed kings, but not through Me. They have appointed leaders, but without My approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction. |
| 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? | 5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? |
| 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. | 6For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits! |
| 7For 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. | 7Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up. |
| 8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. | 8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery. |
| 9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. | 9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love. |
| 10Yea, 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. | 10Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders. |
| 11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. | 11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. |
| 12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. | 12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. |
| 13They 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. | 13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt. |
| 14For 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. | 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels. |
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