| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. | 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. |
| 2Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’ | 2Israel cries out to me, "My God, we know you!" |
| 3Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. | 3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. |
| 4“They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves— That they might be cut off. | 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. |
| 5Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence? | 5Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? |
| 6For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces. | 6For this thing is from Israel--a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits! |
| 7“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up. | 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. |
| 8Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure. | 8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery. |
| 9For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers. | 9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love. |
| 10Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes. | 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. |
| 11“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning. | 11When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. |
| 12I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing. | 12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. |
| 13For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt. | 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. |
| 14“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.” | 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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