Young’s Literal Translation

1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Hosea, son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,

1 `Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant,

1 `When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For

1 `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite,

1 `An empty vine `is’ Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He

1 `Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou

1 When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.