Hosea Chapter Eight

1    SET the trumpet to thy mouth.  He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have
    transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

2    Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

3    Israel hath cast off the thing that is good:  the enemy shall pursue him.

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.

5    Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off;  mine anger is kindled against them:  how long will it be
    ere they attain to innocency?

6    For from Israel was it also:  the workman made it;  therefore it is not God:  but the calf of Samaria
    shall be broken in pieces.

7    For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:  it hath no stalk:  the bud shall yield 
    no meal:  if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8    Israel is swallowed up:  now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

9    For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:  Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10    Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for
    the burden of the king of princes.

11    Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

12    I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

13    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;  but the LORD accepteth them not;
    now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins:  they shall return to Egypt.  

14    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples;  and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities:
    but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

    Hosea Chapter Eight - KJV