He Xia Shu_Chapter 8

You can blow the horn with your mouth. The enemy is like an eagle attacking the house of the Lord, because this people have broken my covenant and violated my law.

They will call me, saying, O my God, we Israel know you.

Israel abandons goodness, and the enemy will pursue him.

They establish kings, but they do not let me; they establish leaders, but I do not recognize them. They made idols of gold and silver for themselves, so that they were cut off.

Samaria, the Lord has abandoned your calf. My anger flares up towards those who worship the calf. When will they be innocent?

This calf came from Israel and was made by craftsmen, not God. The calves of Samaria will be shattered.

What they plant is the wind, what they harvest is the storm, and what they plant is not a grain, even if it sprouts, it will not bear fruit. Even if it is strong, the foreigners will swallow it.

Israel has been swallowed up, and now it is among the nations like a vessel of displeasure.

They fled to Assyria like wild donkeys walking alone. Ephraim bribed his allies.

Although they bribed among the nations, now I will gather and punish them. They gradually declined due to the heavy burden imposed by the king and the leaders.

Ephraim added an altar to sin, therefore the altar caused him to sin.

I have written ten thousand laws for him, but he thinks they have nothing to do with him.

As for the sacrifices offered to me, they eat their own flesh, but the Lord does not accept them. Now I will remember their sins and pursue their sins, and they will return to Egypt.

Israel forgot its creator and built palaces. Most Judah will build fortified cities, but I will send a fire to burn down their cities and destroy their palaces.