Israel’s False Hopes

Put the ram’s horn to your mouth!(A)
One like an eagle comes
against the house of the Lord,(B)
because they transgress my covenant(C)
and rebel against my law.(D)
Israel cries out to me,(E)
“My God, we know you!”
Israel has rejected what is good;(F)
an enemy will pursue him.

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Israel’s Apostasy

Set the trumpet to your lips!
    One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
    and transgressed my law.(A)
They cry to me,
    “My God, we know you!”[b](B)
Israel has spurned the good;
    the enemy shall pursue him.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 8.2 Gk Syr: Heb adds Israel