September 20: Hosea 8–14

Hosea 8–14 Hosea 8–14 (Listen) Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind 8   Set the trumpet to your lips!<br />    One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD,<br />  because they have transgressed my covenant<br />    and rebelled against my law.<br />2   To me they cry,<br />    “My God, we—Israel—know you.”<br />3   Israel has spurned the good;<br />    the enemy shall pursue him.<br /> 4   They made kings, but not through me.<br />    They set up princes, but I knew it not.<br />  With their silver and gold they made idols<br />    for their own destruction.<br />5   I have1 spurned your calf, O Samaria.<br />    My anger burns against them.<br />  How long will they be incapable of innocence?<br />6   For it is from Israel;<br />  a craftsman made it;<br />    it is not God.<br />  The calf of Samaria<br />    shall be broken to pieces.2<br />