8:1 (Set) the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle (he cometh) against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
8:1 [Put] the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle [the enemy comes] against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant, And rebelled against My law.

8:2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
8:2 They cry out to Me, "My God, we of Israel know Thee!"

8:3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
8:3 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

8:4 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.
8:4 They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know [it.] With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.

8:5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
8:5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence?

8:6 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.
8:6 For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.

8:7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8:7 For they sow the wind, And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
8:8 Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.

8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, (like) a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, [Like] a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.

8:10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; And they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
8:10 Even though they hire [allies] among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.

8:11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
8:11 Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

8:12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
8:12 Though I wrote for him ten thousand [precepts] of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.

8:13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
8:13 As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat [it,] [ But] the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish [them] for their sins; They will return to Egypt.

8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
8:14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.