English Bible Presentation Sharing - Hosea Book, chapter 8, verse 18 in Esv Version

Hosea 8 : 1 (ESV)

Set the trumpet to your lips!One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.

Hosea 8 : 2 (ESV)

To me they cry, My God, we- Israel- know you.

Hosea 8 : 3 (ESV)

Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

Hosea 8 : 4 (ESV)

They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

Hosea 8 : 5 (ESV)

I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Hosea 8 : 6 (ESV)

For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

Hosea 8 : 7 (ESV)

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.

Hosea 8 : 8 (ESV)

Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.

Hosea 8 : 9 (ESV)

For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 8 : 10 (ESV)

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.

Hosea 8 : 11 (ESV)

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.

Hosea 8 : 12 (ESV)

Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.

Hosea 8 : 13 (ESV)

As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 8 : 14 (ESV)

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.