Hosea Chapter 8 (NIV)
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Israel to Reap the Whirlwind“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.
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Israel cries out to me,‘O our God, we acknowledge you!’
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But Israel has rejected what is good;an enemy will pursue him.
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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.
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Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria!My anger burns against them.How long will they be incapable of purity?
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They are from Israel!This calf—a craftsman has made it;it is not God.It will be broken in pieces,that calf of Samaria.
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“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.
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Israel is swallowed up;now she is among the nationslike a worthless thing.
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For they have gone up to Assyrialike a wild donkey wandering alone.Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
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Although they have sold themselves among the nations,I will now gather them together.They will begin to waste awayunder the oppression of the mighty king.
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“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,these have become altars for sinning.
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I wrote for them the many things of my law,but they regarded them as something alien.
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They offer sacrifices given to meand they eat the meat,but the Lord is not pleased with them.Now he will remember their wickednessand punish their sins:They will return to Egypt.
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Israel has forgotten his Makerand built palaces;Judah has fortified many towns.But I will send fire upon their citiesthat will consume their fortresses.”
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