Hosea

 1 Set the ^atrumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an ^beagle against the house of the Lord, because they have ^ctransgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My ^aGod, we ^bknow thee.

 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the ^aenemy shall pursue him.

 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and ^aI knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

 5 ¶Thy ^acalf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ^bere they attain to innocency?

 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.

 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall ^areap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

 8 Israel is ^aswallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a ^bvessel wherein is no pleasure.

 9 For they are gone up to ^aAssyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath ^bhired lovers.

 10 Yea, 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.

 11 Because Ephraim hath made many ^aaltars to ^bsin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

 12 I have ^awritten to him the great things of my ^blaw, but they were counted as a strange thing.

 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord ^aaccepteth them not; now will he ^bremember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to ^cEgypt.

 14 For Israel hath forgotten his ^aMaker, and buildeth ^btemples; and Judah hath multiplied ^cfenced cities: but I will send a ^dfire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.