1 SET the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. RV1885 — Hosea 8:1
2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. RV1885 — Hosea 8:2
3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. RV1885 — Hosea 8:3
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. RV1885 — Hosea 8:4
5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? RV1885 — Hosea 8:5
6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. RV1885 — Hosea 8:6
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. RV1885 — Hosea 8:7
8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. RV1885 — Hosea 8:8
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. RV1885 — Hosea 8:9
10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. RV1885 — Hosea 8:10
11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin. RV1885 — Hosea 8:11
12 Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing. RV1885 — Hosea 8:12
13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. RV1885 — Hosea 8:13
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. RV1885 — Hosea 8:14