Hosea 8:1-8

New International Version

Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

8 “Put the trumpet^(A) to your lips!
    An eagle^(B) is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant^(C)
    and rebelled against my law.^(D)
²Israel cries out to me,
    ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
³But Israel has rejected what is good;
    an enemy will pursue him.^(E)
⁴They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.^(F)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols^(G) for themselves
    to their own destruction.
⁵Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!^(H)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?^(I)
⁶    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.^(J)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf^(K) of Samaria.^(L)

⁷“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(M)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(N)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(O)
⁸Israel is swallowed up;^(P)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.^(Q)