Hosea 8

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
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.	1 Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle, disaster is swooping on Yahweh's home! Because they haveviolated my covenant and been unfaithful to my Law,
2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.	2 in vain wil they cry, 'My God!' In vain, 'We, Israel, know you!'
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.	3 Israel has rejected the good, the enemy will pursue them.
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.	4 They have set up kings, but without my consent, and appointed princes, but without my knowledge.With their silver and gold, they have made themselves idols, but only to be destroyed.
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?	5 I spurn your calf, Samaria! My anger blazes against them! How long wil it be before they recover theirinnocence?
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.	6 For it is the product of Israel- a craftsman made the thing, it is no god at al ! The calf of Samaria wil bebroken to pieces!
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.	7 Since they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind; stalk without ear, it wil never yield flour- or if itdoes, foreigners will swallow it.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.	8 Israel has himself been swal owed; now they are lost among the nations like something no one wants,
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.	9 for having made approaches to Assyria- like a wild donkey, al alone. Ephraim has rented lovers
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.	10 and because he has rented them from the nations I am now going to round them up; soon they wilfeel the weight of the king of princes!
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.	11 Ephraim keeps building altars for his sins, these very altars are themselves a sin.
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.	12 However much of my Law I write for him, Ephraim regards it as alien to him.
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.	13 They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat, they do not win Yahweh's favour. On the contrary, he wilremember their guilt and punish their sins; they wil have to go back to Egypt.
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.	14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built palaces, while Judah keeps on building fortified towns; butI shal send fire down on his cities to devour their citadels.