| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the LORD! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. |
| 2Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!" | 2Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" |
| 3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. | 3But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. |
| 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. | 4They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! |
| 5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? | 5O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites! |
| 6For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits! | 6That idol was made by a workman--it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits. |
| 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. | 7They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. |
| 8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery. | 8Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery. |
| 9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love. | 9They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. |
| 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. | 10Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king. |
| 11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. | 11Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning! |
| 12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. | 12I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them! |
| 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. | 13They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt. |
| 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. | 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels. |
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