1 Emboca a trombeta! Ele vem como a águia contra a casa do Senhor, porque transgrediram a minha aliança e se rebelaram contra a minha lei. 2 A mim, me invocam: Nosso Deus! Nós, Israel, te conhecemos. 3 Israel rejeitou o bem; o inimigo o perseguirá. 4 Eles estabeleceram reis, mas não da minha parte; constituíram príncipes, mas eu não o soube; da sua prata e do seu ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para serem destruídos. 5 O teu bezerro, ó Samaria, é rejeitado; a minha ira se acende contra eles; até quando serão eles incapazes da inocência? 6 Porque vem de Israel, é obra de artífice, não é Deus; mas em pedaços será desfeito o bezerro de Samaria.

7 Porque semeiam ventos e segarão tormentas; não haverá seara; a erva não dará farinha; e, se a der, comê-la-ão os estrangeiros. 8 Israel foi devorado; agora, está entre as nações como coisa de que ninguém se agrada, 9 porque subiram à Assíria; o jumento montês anda solitário, mas Efraim mercou amores. 10 Todavia, ainda que eles merquem socorros entre as nações, eu os congregarei; já começaram a ser diminuídos por causa da opressão do rei e dos príncipes. 11 Porquanto Efraim multiplicou altares para pecar, estes lhe foram para pecar. 12 Embora eu lhe escreva a minha lei em dez mil preceitos, estes seriam tidos como coisa estranha. 13 Amam o sacrifício; por isso, sacrificam, pois gostam de carne e a comem, mas o Senhor não os aceita; agora, se lembrará da sua iniquidade e lhes castigará o pecado; eles voltarão para o Egito. 14 Porque Israel se esqueceu do seu Criador e edificou palácios, e Judá multiplicou cidades fortes; mas eu enviarei fogo contra as suas cidades, fogo que consumirá os seus palácios.

1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off that which 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 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. 12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing. 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah 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 builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

1 "Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

2 Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

6 They are from Israel! This calf —a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7 "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.

13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

14 Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses."