Osea 8
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Allarme
8 Dà fiato alla tromba!
Come un'aquila sulla casa del Signore...
perchè hanno trasgredito la mia alleanza
e rigettato la mia legge.
2 Essi gridano verso di me:
«Noi ti riconosciamo Dio d'Israele!».
3 Ma Israele ha rigettato il bene:
il nemico lo perseguiterà.
Anarchia politica e idolatria
4 Hanno creato dei re
che io non ho designati;
hanno scelto capi
a mia insaputa.
Con il loro argento e il loro oro
si sono fatti idoli
ma per loro rovina.
5 Ripudio il tuo vitello, o Samaria!
La mia ira divampa contro di loro;
fino a quando non si potranno purificare
6 i figli di Israele?
Esso è opera di un artigiano,
esso non è un dio:
sarà ridotto in frantumi
il vitello di Samaria.
7 E poiché hanno seminato vento
raccoglieranno tempesta.
Il loro grano sarà senza spiga,
se germoglia non darà farina,
e se ne produce, la divoreranno gli stranieri.
Israele perduto dall'appello che rivolge allo straniero
8 Israele è stato inghiottito:
si trova ora in mezzo alle nazioni
come un vaso spregevole.
9 Essi sono saliti fino ad Assur,
asino selvaggio, che si aggira solitario;
Efraim si è acquistato degli amanti.
10 Se ne acquistino pure fra le nazioni,
io li metterò insieme
e fra poco cesseranno
di eleggersi re e governanti.
Contro il culto puramente esteriore
11 Efraim ha moltiplicato gli altari,
ma gli altari sono diventati per lui
un'occasione di peccato.
12 Ho scritto numerose leggi per lui,
ma esse son considerate come una cosa straniera.
13 Essi offrono sacrifici
e ne mangiano le carni,
ma il Signore non li gradisce;
si ricorderà della loro iniquità
e punirà i loro peccati:
dovranno tornare in Egitto.
14 Israele ha dimenticato il suo creatore,
si è costruito palazzi;
Giuda ha moltiplicato le sue fortezze.
Ma io manderò il fuoco sulle loro città
e divorerà le loro cittadelle.
Hosea 8
King James Version
8 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.
2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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.
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?
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.
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.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired 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.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
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.
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.
Hosea 8
New King James Version
The Apostasy of Israel
8 “Set the [a]trumpet to your mouth!
He shall come (A)like an eagle against the house of the Lord,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.
2 (B)Israel will cry to Me,
‘My God, (C)we know You!’
3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
4 “They(D) set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.
5 Your [b]calf [c]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(E)How long until they attain to innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this:
A (F)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7 “They(G) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(H)Aliens would swallow it up.
8 (I)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(J)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (K)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (L)has hired lovers.
10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (M)I will gather them;
And they shall [d]sorrow a little,
Because of the [e]burden of (N)the king of princes.
11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.
12 I have written for him (O)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
13 For the sacrifices of My offerings (P)they sacrifice flesh and eat it,
(Q)But the Lord does not accept them.
(R)Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
They shall return to Egypt.
14 “For(S) Israel has forgotten (T)his Maker,
And has built [f]temples;
Judah also has multiplied (U)fortified cities;
But (V)I will send fire upon his cities,
And it shall devour his [g]palaces.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:1 ram’s horn, Heb. shophar
- Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
- Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you
- Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
- Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation
- Hosea 8:14 Or palaces
- Hosea 8:14 Or citadels
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
