| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 1“Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law. |
| 2Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’ | 2Now Israel pleads with me, ‘Help us, for you are our God!’ |
| 3Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. | 3But it is too late. The people of Israel have rejected what is good, and now their enemies will chase after them. |
| 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. | 4The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction. |
| 5Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence? | 5“O Samaria, I reject this calf— this idol you have made. My fury burns against you. How long will you 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. | 6This calf you worship, O Israel, was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must 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. | 7“They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it. |
| 8Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure. | 8The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot. |
| 9For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers. | 9Like a wild donkey looking for a mate, they have gone up to Assyria. The people of Israel have sold themselves— sold themselves to many lovers. |
| 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. | 10But though they have sold themselves to many allies, I will now gather them together for judgment. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king. |
| 11“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning. | 11“Israel has built many altars to take away sin, but these very altars became places for sinning! |
| 12I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing. | 12Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them. |
| 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. | 13The people love to offer sacrifices to me, feasting on the meat, but I do not accept their sacrifices. I will hold my people accountable for their sins, and I will punish them. 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 its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.” |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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