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He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed my law.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>They have called to me, saying, O our God, we know thee.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Israel has forgotten the good; the enemy has pursued him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, but they did not let me know; of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they may perish.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>They have been led astray by your calf, O Samaria; my anger is kindled against them; how long will it be before they can be declared innocent?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>For the idol is the product of Israel; a carpenter made it, therefore it is not God; but your calf, O Samaria, was made for deception.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>For they have sown the wind, and they have reaped the whirlwind; it has no stalk, nor an ear to yield meal; and if it were to yield, the strangers shall eat it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no use.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>For they are gone up to Assyria, as a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim has loved gifts.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Though they shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, I will gather them, and they shall rest a while from the burden of the kings and the princes.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars have become to him for a great sin.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>I have written to him many of my laws, but my words he considered as a strange thing.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>They sacrifice the choicest of animals and eat the meat; but the LORD has no delight in them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins; they shall return to Egypt.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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