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