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^(C1)Put the trumpet to your ^(F1)lips! ^(C2)Like an eagle the enemy comes ^(C3)against the house of the LORD, Because they have ^(C4)violated My covenant And rebelled against My ^(C5)Law.

^(C1)They cry out to Me, "My God, ^(C2)we of Israel know You!"

Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

^(C1)They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed officials, but I did not know it. With their ^(C2)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, So that ^(F1)they will be eliminated.

^(F1)He has rejected your ^(C1)calf, Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of ^(C2)innocence?

For from Israel comes even this! A ^(C1)craftsman made it, so it is not God; Assuredly, the calf of Samaria will be broken to ^(F1)pieces.

For ^(C1)they sow wind And they harvest a ^(C2)storm. The standing grain has no ^(F1)kernels; It yields ^(C3)no ^(F2)grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.

Israel has been ^(C1)swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a ^(C2)vessel in which no one delights.

For they have gone up to ^(C1)Assyria, Like ^(C2)a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has ^(C3)paid fees for ^(F1)lovers.

Even though they ^(F1)pay for allies among the nations, I will ^(C1)gather them up now; And they will begin ^(C2)to diminish Because of the burden of the ^(C3)king of officials.

Since Ephraim has ^(C1)multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

Though ^(C1)I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My ^(C2)Law, They are regarded as a strange thing.

As for My ^(C1)sacrificial gifts, They ^(C2)sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will ^(C3)remember their guilt, And ^(C4)punish them for their sins; They will return to ^(C5)Egypt.

For Israel has ^(C1)forgotten his Maker and ^(C2)built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a ^(C3)fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings.