8:1 Set the trumpet to your lips, for a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
8:1 Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.

8:2 To me they cry, My God, we Israel know thee.
8:2 Israel cries to me, "My God, we--Israel--know you!"

8:3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
8:3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

8:4 They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
8:4 They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

8:5 I have spurned your calf, O Sama'ria. My anger burns against them. How long will it be till they are pure
8:5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

8:6 in Israel? A workman made it; it is not God. The calf of Sama'ria shall be broken to pieces.
8:6 For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

8:7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.
8:7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.

8:8 Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
8:8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.

8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; E'phraim has hired lovers.
8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for lovers.

8:10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And they shall cease for a little while from anointing king and princes.
8:10 Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.

8:11 Because E'phraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.
8:11 When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.

8:12 Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
8:12 Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.

8:13 They love sacrifice; they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD has no delight in them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
8:13 Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

8:14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.
8:14 Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.