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| [1]Set the trumpet to thy mouth, [swiftly] as an Egle [shall the enemie come] agaynst the house of the Lorde: for they haue broken my couenaunt, and transgressed my lawe |
[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 shoulde haue sayde vnto me: Thou art my God, we knowe thee |
[2]Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. |
| [3]But he hath refused the thyng that is good, therfore shall the enemie pursue him |
[3]Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
| [4]They haue ordeyned kinges, but not through me, they haue made princes, and I knewe it not: of their siluer and golde haue they made them idols, therfore shall they be destroyed |
[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 Calfe O Samaria hath cast thee of, for my wrathfull indignation is gone foorth agaynst them: howe long wyll they be without innocencie |
[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 [the calfe] came from Israel, the workman made it, therfore can it be no God: but euen in peeces shall the calfe of Samaria be broken |
[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]They haue sowen winde, therfore shall they reape a whirlewinde: it hath no stalke, the bud shall bryng foorth no meale: and if haplie it do, straungers shall deuour it vp |
[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 deuoured, nowe shall they be among the gentiles as a vessell of no reputation |
[8]Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. |
| [9]For they haue gone vp to Assyria [and are as] a wilde asse solitarie by him selfe: Ephraim hath hired louers |
[9]For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. |
| [10]And though they haue hired them among the heathen, yet nowe wyll I gather them, and they shall begyn to be weery with the burthen of the king and the prince |
[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]Ephraim hath made many aulters to do wickednesse, his aulters [I say] he had to his sinne |
[11]Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. |
| [12]I haue written to them the great thinges of my lawe, [but] they are counted as a straunge thing |
[12]I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. |
| [13]They sacrifice fleshe for the sacrifice of mine offeringes, & eate it, [but] the Lord hath no pleasure in it: nowe wyll he remember their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes, they shall returne into Egypt |
[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 him that made him, & hath builded faire palaces, and Iuda hath encreased strong cities: but I wyll sende a fire into their cities, and it shall consume their palaces |
[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. |