Hosea 8
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“Put the trumpet to your lips!
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They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
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Israel has cast off that which is good.
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They have set up kings, but not by me.
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Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!
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For this is even from Israel!
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For they sow the wind,
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Israel is swallowed up.
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For they have gone up to Assyria,
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But although they sold themselves among the nations,
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Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
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I wrote for him the many things of my law,
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As for the sacrifices of my offerings,
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For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;