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Hosea, Chapter 8
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Set 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.
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Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
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3 |
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall
pursue him.
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They 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.
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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
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For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not
God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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For 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.
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8 |
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a
vessel wherein is no pleasure.
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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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Yea, 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.
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11 |
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be
unto him to sin.
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I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were
counted as a strange thing.
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13 |
They 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.
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14 |
For 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.
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