1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence? Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse2 commentaries
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. Compare verse3 commentaries
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. Compare verse2 commentaries
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers. Compare verse1 commentary
10 Yes, 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. Compare verse1 commentary
11 Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin. Compare verse1 commentary
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. Compare verse1 commentary
13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. Compare verse1 commentary
14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. Compare verse1 commentary