1 In thy throat let there be a trumpet as an eagle upon the house of the Lord: for that they have transgressed my covenant, and have prevaricated my law.
1 Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.
2 Me they shall invocate: My God, we Israel have known thee.
2 They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
3 Israel hath cast away the good thing, the enemy shall persecute him.
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
4 They have reigned, & not of me: they have been Princes, & I knew not: their silver & their gold they made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
4 They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
5 Thy calf is cast off o Samaria, my fury is wrath against them. How long can they not be cleansed?
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6 Because it-self also is of Israel: the workman made it, and it is not God: because the calf of Samaria shall be as spiders' webs.
6 For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
7 Because they shall sow wind, & reap a whirlwind: there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall not yield meal: & if it do yield, strangers shall eat it.
7 For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
8 Israel is devoured: Now is he become in nations as an unclean vessel.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.
9 Because they went up to Assur, a wild ass solitary to himself: Ephraim have given gifts to lovers.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
10 Yea and when they shall hire the nations with reward, now will I gather them together: & they shall rest a while from the burden of the king and the princes.
10 But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin: altars are made to him unto sin.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12 I will write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as strange.
12 I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13 They shall offer hosts, they shall immolate flesh, and shall eat, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return into Ægypt.
13 They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 And Israel hath forgotten his maker, and hath built temples: and Judas hath multiplied fenced cities: & I will cast fire on his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
14 And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.