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Eternal One: Blow the ram’s horn to sound the alarm!
        The eagle of Assyria is hovering above My house,[a]
    Waiting for My instruction to snatch its prey,
        because they’ve broken My covenant and rebelled against My law.
    Still Israel calls out to Me, “Our God, we know you!”
        But even with your words of worship, you abandon our agreement.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:1 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

“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)
Israel cries out to me,
    ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’

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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.

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

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