1. Put the horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comesagainst the house of the Lord, because they transgress My covenant and rebel against My law.
2. Israel cries out to Me, “My God, we know You!”
3. Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
4. They have installed kings, but not through Me.They have appointed leaders,but without My approval.They make their silver and gold into idols for themselvesfor their own destruction.
5. Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them.How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6. For this thing is from Israel —a craftsman made it, and it is not God.The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
7. Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain;what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did,foreigners would swallow it up.