Hosea 8

¹Set the trumpet to thy mouth.

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

³Israel hath cast off the thing that is good:

⁴They have set up kings, but not by me:

⁵Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off;

⁶For from Israel was it also:

⁷For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:

⁸Israel is swallowed up:

⁹For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:

¹⁰Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them,

¹¹Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin,

¹²I have written to him the great things of my law,

¹³They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;

¹⁴For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples;