Hosea 8

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1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord , because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God , we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that 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 ¶ Thy calf , O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere 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 reap 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 swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria , a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired 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 altars to sin , altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things of my law , but they were counted as a strange thing. 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord 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 buildeth temples ; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. HEB shofar, or ram’s horn. Deut. 28:49 . Hosea 6:7 . Matt. 7:21 (21–23) ; Luke 6:46 ; D&C 112:26 . Titus 1:16 . 2 Kgs. 17:5 (1–6, 24) . IE I acknowledged them not. 1 Kgs. 12:28 (28–30) ; Acts 7:41 . OR before they become clean. Mosiah 7:30 ; D&C 6:33 . 1 Ne. 10:12 ; Jacob 5:13 (13–14) . Ps. 31:12 ; Jer. 22:28 ; 48:38 . 2 Kgs. 15:19 ; 17:6 (3–6) ; Ezek. 23:5 . Ezek. 16:33 (33, 41) . Ex. 34:13 ; Hosea 10:1 . TG Hypocrisy . TG Scriptures, Writing of . Deut. 4:1, 6 (1–2, 6–8) . Amos 5:22 (21–22) . Amos 8:7 . Deut. 28:68 (58–59, 68) ; Hosea 9:3 (1–3) ; 11:5 . Isa. 17:7 ; 45:9 . OR palaces or great buildings. OR fortified. 2 Kgs. 25:9 .