Hosea 8 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

They cry ^H2199 out ^H2199 to Me,

“My God ^H430, we of Israel ^H3478 know ^H3045 You!”

Israel ^H3478 has rejected ^H2186 the good ^H2896;

The enemy ^H340 will pursue ^H7291 him.

They have set ^H4427 up ^H4427 kings ^H4427, but not by Me;

They have appointed ^H8323 princes ^H8323, but I did not know ^H3045 it.

With their silver ^H3701 and gold ^H2091 they have made ^H6213 idols ^H6091 for themselves,

That [fn]they might be cut ^H3772 off ^H3772.

[fn]He has rejected ^H2186 your calf ^H5695, O Samaria ^H8111, saying,

“My anger ^H639 burns ^H2734 against them!”

How ^H4970 long ^H5704 will they be ^H3201 incapable ^H3808 H3201 of innocence ^H5356?

For from Israel ^H3478 is even this ^H1931!

A craftsman ^H2796 made ^H6213 it, so it is not God ^H430;

Surely ^H3588 the calf ^H5695 of Samaria ^H8111 will be smashed ^H7616 to ^H7616 splinters ^H7616.

For they sow ^H2232 the wind ^H7307,

And they reap ^H7114 the whirlwind ^H5492.

The standing ^H7054 grain ^H7054 has ^H369 no ^H369 growth ^H6780;

It makes ^H6213 no ^H1097 flour ^H7058.

Should ^H194 it make ^H6213 anything, strangers ^H2114 would swallow ^H1104 it up.

Israel ^H3478 is swallowed ^H1104 up;

They are now ^H6258 among the nations ^H1471

Like a vessel ^H3627 in which no ^H369 one ^H369 delights ^H2656.

For they have gone ^H5927 up ^H5927 to Assyria ^H804

Like a wild ^H6501 donkey ^H6501 all alone ^H909;

Ephraim ^H669 has hired ^H8566 [fn]lovers ^H158.

Even ^H1571 though ^H3588 they hire ^H8566 allies among the nations ^H1471,

Now ^H6258 I will gather ^H6908 them up;

And they will begin ^H2490 to [fn]diminish ^H4592

Because ^H4480 of the burden ^H4853 of the king ^H4428 of princes ^H8269.

Since ^H3588 Ephraim ^H669 has multiplied ^H7235 altars ^H4196 for sin ^H2398,

They have become ^H1961 altars ^H4196 of sinning ^H2398 for him.

Though I wrote ^H3789 for him ten ^H7239 thousand ^H7239 precepts of My law ^H8451,

They are counted ^H2803 as a strange ^H2114 thing ^H2114.

As for My sacrificial ^H2077 gifts ^H1890,

They sacrifice ^H2076 the flesh ^H1320 and eat ^H398 it,

But Yahweh ^H3068 has not ^H3808 accepted ^H7521 them.

Now ^H6258 He will remember ^H2142 their iniquity ^H5771

And punish ^H6485 them for their sins ^H2403;

They will return ^H7725 to Egypt ^H4714.

So Israel ^H3478 has forgotten ^H7911 his Maker ^H6213 and built ^H1129 palaces ^H1964;

And Judah ^H3063 has multiplied ^H7235 fortified ^H1219 cities ^H5892,

But I will send ^H7971 a fire ^H784 on its cities ^H5892 that it may consume ^H398 its palatial ^H759 dwellings ^H759.