8:1 你用口吹角吧。敌人如鹰来攻打耶和华的家，因为这民违背我的约，干犯我的律法。

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.

 

8:2 他们必呼叫我说，我的神阿，我们以色列认识你了。

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

 

8:3 以色列丢弃良善（或作福分），仇敌必追逼他。

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

 

8:4 他们立君王，却不由我，他们立首领，我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。

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.

 

8:5 撒玛利亚阿，耶和华已经丢弃你的牛犊。我的怒气向拜牛犊的人发作。他们到几时方能无罪呢。

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

 

8:6 这牛犊出于以色列，是匠人所造的，并不是神。撒玛利亚的牛犊必被打碎。

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.

 

8:7 他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风，所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实。即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。

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.

 

8:8 以色列被吞吃，现今在列国中，好像人不喜悦的器皿。

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

 

8:9 他们投奔亚述，如同独行的野驴。以法莲贿买朋党。

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

 

8:10 他们虽在列邦中贿买人，现在我却要聚集惩罚他们。他们因君王和首领所加的重担，日渐衰微。

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.

 

8:11 以法莲增添祭坛取罪，因此，祭坛使他犯罪。

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

 

8:12 我为他写了律法万条，他却以为与他毫无关涉。

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

 

8:13 至于献给我的祭物，他们自食其肉，耶和华却不悦纳他们。现在必记念他们的罪孽，追讨他们的罪恶，他们必归回埃及。

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.

 

8:14 以色列忘记造他的主，建造宫殿。犹大多造坚固城，我却要降火焚烧他的城邑，烧灭其中的宫殿。

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.