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¹ Set ^(a)the trumpet to your lips!
    One ^(b)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because ^(c)they have transgressed my covenant
    and rebelled against my law.
² To me they cry,
    ^(d)"My God, we—Israel—know you."
³ Israel has spurned the good;
    the enemy shall pursue him.

^4 (e)They made kings, ^(f)but not through me.
    They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.
^5 (g)I have^[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
    My anger burns against them.
^(h)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
⁶ For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
    it is not God.
⁽ⁱ⁾The calf of Samaria
    ^(j)shall be broken to pieces.^[b]

⁷ For ^(k)they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
    it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
    ^(l)strangers would devour it.
^8 (m)Israel is swallowed up;
    already they are among the nations
    as ⁽ⁿ⁾a useless vessel.
⁹ For ^(o)they have gone up to Assyria,
    ^(p)a wild donkey wandering alone;
    Ephraim has hired lovers.
¹⁰ Though they hire allies among the nations,
    I will soon gather them up.
And ^(q)the king and princes ^(r)shall soon writhe
    because of the tribute.

¹¹ Because Ephraim ^(s)has multiplied altars for sinning,
    they have become to him altars for sinning.
^12 (t)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.
¹³ As for my sacrificial offerings,
    ^(u)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
    but the Lord does not accept them.
^(v)Now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins;
    ^(w)they shall return to Egypt.
¹⁴ For ^(x)Israel has forgotten ^(y)his Maker
    and ^(z)built palaces,
and ^(aa)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
    so ^(ab)I will send a fire upon his cities,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.