1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He cometh as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
2. They shall cry unto me, My God we know thee; we, Israel.
3. Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4. They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5. Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
6. For from Israel is this also: --a workman made it, and it is no God for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7. For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.