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The Prophecy
of Osee 8
Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon
the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed
my covenant, and have violated my law.
They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know
thee.
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy
shall pursue him.
They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes,
and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they
have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled
against them. How long will they be incapable of being
cleansed ?
For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman
made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall
be turned to spiders' webs.
For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there
is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal;
end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations
like an unclean vessel.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by
himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
But even though they shall have hired the nations, now
will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while
from the burden of the king, and the princes.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars
are become to him unto sin.
I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been
accounted as foreign.
They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh,
and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them:
now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit
their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built
temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and
I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour
the houses thereof.
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