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Themes in Hosea 8

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Themes in Hosea 8

Hosea 8:1 (show verse)

Put the trumpet to your lips!

Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the Lord,

Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.

Eagle » Figurative
Eagles » Illustrative » Of great and powerful kings
Trumpet » Sounding of, illustrative of » The bold and faithful preaching of ministers

Hosea 8:2 (show verse)

They cry out to Me,

“My God, we of Israel know You!”

Profession » FALSE

Hosea 8:3 (show verse)

Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.

No Themes for this verse.

Hosea 8:4 (show verse)

They have set up kings, but not by Me;

They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

Idol » Made of » Gold
Idol » Made of » Silver
King » Divinely authorized

Hosea 8:5 (show verse)

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying,

“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Calf » Prophecies against the golden calves at beth-el
Calves of jeroboam » Called the » Calves of samaria
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment

Hosea 8:6 (show verse)

For from Israel is even this!
A craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.

Calf » Prophecies against the golden calves at beth-el
Calves of jeroboam » Predictions respecting » Destruction
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment

Hosea 8:7 (show verse)

For they sow the wind
And they reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
It yields no grain.
Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Agriculture » Foes of » Barrenness of soil as a result of sin
Barrenness » Barrenness of soil as a result of sin
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Harvest » Sins » Profitless
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Sin » Harvest of » Profitless
Sins » Harvest » Profitless
Sower » Figurative
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Profitless
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of the fruits of unrighteousness
Wind » Illustrative » (sowing,) of a course of sin

Hosea 8:8 (show verse)

Israel is swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel in which no one delights.

Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment

Hosea 8:9 (show verse)

For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.

Ass (donkey) » Wild
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The assyrian power
wild Donkey » Described as » Unsocial
Assyria » Israel condemned for trusting to
Assyria » As a power, was » Selfish and reserved

Hosea 8:10 (show verse)

Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will gather them up;
And they will begin to diminish
Because of the burden of the king of princes.

No Themes for this verse.

Hosea 8:11 (show verse)

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.

Altar » Used in idolatrous worship
Altars » Idolatrous altars
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
Idolatry » Altars raised for
false Worship » Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry » Idolatrous altars

Hosea 8:12 (show verse)

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.

Decalogue » Written » By God
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon

As for My sacrificial gifts,
They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the Lord has taken no delight in them.
Now He will remember their iniquity,
And punish them for their sins;
They will return to Egypt.

Calves of jeroboam » Predictions respecting » Punishment of the worshippers
Egypt » Prophecies against
Morning » The second part of the day at the creation » Ge 1:5
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Sacrifices » The jews » Unaccepted in, on account of sin

Hosea 8:14 (show verse)

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Calves of jeroboam » Predictions respecting » Punishment of the worshippers
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Forgetting God » Threatened
Idolatry » Temples built for