8: 1 ⁶⁹Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
⁶⁹Or, The trumpet to thy mouth! As the eagle against the house of Jehovah!

8: 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
8: 3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
8: 4 They have set up kings, but not by me; ⁷⁰they 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.
⁷⁰Or, they have removed them,

8: 5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
8: 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no god; yes, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
8: 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: ⁷¹he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
⁷¹Or, it hath no stalk;

8: 8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
8: 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired ⁷²lovers.
⁷²Hb. loves.

8: 10 Yes, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they ⁷³begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
⁷³Sept. reads, shall sorrow a little by reason of or,  shall sorrow for a little while by reason of Aram., Vg. read shall rest awhile from the burden... ESV says, the king and the princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.

8: 11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
8: 12 I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
8: 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
8: 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded ⁷⁴palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the ⁷⁵castles thereof.
⁷⁴Or, temples;
⁷⁵Or, palaces