1. “Put the trumpet to your lips and give the warning!The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s people like an eagle.The Israelites have broken my agreementand have turned against my teachings.
2. They cry out to me,‘Our God, we in Israel know you!’
3. But Israel has rejected what is good,so the enemy will chase them.
4. They chose their own kingswithout asking my permission.They chose their own leaders,people I did not know.They made their silver and gold into idols,and for all this they will be destroyed.
5. I hate the calf-shaped idol of Israel!I am very angry with the people.How long will they remain unclean?
6. The idol is something a craftsman made;it is not God.Israel’s calf-shaped idolwill surely be smashed to pieces.
7. “Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind,but they will harvest a storm.Like a stalk with no head of grain,it produces nothing.Even if it produced something,other nations would eat it.
8. Israel is eaten up;the people are mixed among the other nationsand have become useless to me.