Hosea 8 NIV ISV Parallel

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1"Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

1"Sound the ram's horn! Like a vulture the enemy will come against the Temple of the LORD, because Israel violated my covenant, transgressing my Law.

2Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

2They cry out to me, 'God, we of Israel acknowledge you.'

3But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

3"Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them.

4They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

4They set kings in place, but not by me. They established princes, whom I did not recognize. They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold; as a result, they will be destroyed.

5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

5Your calf, Samaria, has been thrown away. My anger is burning against them. How long until they become pure again?

6They are from Israel! This calf--a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

6Because from Israel it was fashioned by craftsmen, it is not God; therefore Samaria's calf will be broken in pieces.

7"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

7 "Because they sow the wind, they will reap the wind storm. The plant has no stalk and its bud yields no grain. Even if there's a harvest, foreigners will gobble it up.

8Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

8Israel has been devoured; now they will live among the nations like a worthless container.

9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

9"Because they went over to Assyria, they are like a wild donkey alone by itself. Ephraim has hired some lovers.

10Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

10Even though they sold themselves to the nations, I will gather them. They will mourn for a while for the burden they were to the king and princes.

11"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

11"The more altars Ephraim builds for sin, the more altars there will be for sin.

12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.

12I prescribed great things from my Law for them, but they considered them profane.

13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

13They offer me meat from the sacrifices of my offerings, and they eat from it, but the LORD does not accept them. He will now remember their transgression and pay them back for their sins; to Egypt they will return.

14Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses."

14"Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces. Judah has multiplied its fortified cities, but I will send fire to their cities, and it will consume their fortresses."

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