Set the trumpettothy mouth. He shall come as an eagleagainstthe houseof the LORD, becausethey have transgressedmy covenant, and trespassedagainstmy law. Israelshall cryunto me, My God, we knowthee. Israelhath cast off the thing that is good: the enemyshall pursuehim. Theyhave set up kings, but notbyme: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silverand their goldhave they madethem idols, thatthey may be cut off. Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine angeris kindledagainst them: how long will it be erethey attainto innocency? Forfrom Israel was italso: the workmanmadeit; therefore it is notGod: butthe calfof Samariashall bebroken in pieces. Forthey have sownthe wind, and they shall reapthe whirlwind: it hath nostalk: the budshall yieldnomeal: if so beit yield, the strangersshall swallow it up. Israelis swallowed up: nowshall they beamong the Gentilesas a vesselwherein is nopleasure. Fortheyare gone upto Assyria, a wild assaloneby himself: Ephraimhath hiredlovers. Yea, thoughthey have hiredamong the nations, nowwill I gatherthem, and they shall sorrowa littlefor the burdenof the kingof princes. BecauseEphraimhath made manyaltarsto sin, altarsshall beunto him to sin. I have writtento him the great thingsof my law, but they were countedasa strange thing. They sacrificeflesh for the sacrificesof mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORDaccepteththem not; nowwill he remembertheir iniquity, and visittheir sins: theyshall returnto Egypt. For Israelhath forgottenhis Maker, and buildethtemples; and Judahhath multipliedfencedcities: but I will senda fireupon his cities, and it shall devourthe palacesthereof.