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¹ To thy mouth, with a horn! Like an eagle, on the house of Yahweh, - because they have violated my covenant, and, against my law, have they transgressed.² Unto me, shall they make outcry, My God! we acknowledge thee - we , Israel!³ Israel hath cast away what is good, - an enemy, shall pursue him.⁴ They, have appointed kings, but not from me, have made rulers, but I have not acknowledged them: of their silver and their gold, they made themselves idols, to the end they might be cut off.⁵ He hath cast away thy calf, O Samaria, kindled is mine anger upon them, - How long shall they not endure to be innocent?⁶ For, of Israel, is even that thing! A craftsman, made it, and, a No-god, it is! For, into fragments, shall the Calf of Samaria be broken.⁷ For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,

⁸ Swallowed up, is Israel; Now, have they gone among the nations, like a vessel in which no man taketh, delight.⁹ For, they, have gone up to Assyria, A wild ass going alone for himself, is Ephraim! They have hired lovers!¹⁰ Even though they hire them among the nations, at once, will I gather them, when they have begun to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of rulers.¹¹ Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars sinfully, they have become to him the altars of sin.¹² I have been wont to write for him the myriad things of my law, - Like something alien, have they been accounted.¹³ My sacrificial gifts, have they been sacrificing as common flesh, and have eaten, Yahweh, hath not accepted them, - Now, will he call to mind their iniquity, that he may punish their sin, they, to Egypt, will return.¹⁴ And so Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples, and, Judah, hath multiplied fortified cities, - Therefore will I send a fire upon his cities, and it shall consume the palaces thereof.