Hosea 8

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Hosea 8

Israel Reaps the Whirlwind

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^(A)Put the trumpet to your ^(a)lips!
^(B)Like an eagle the enemy comes ^(C)against the house of the Lord,
Because they have ^(D)transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My ^(E)law.

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^(F)They cry out to Me,
“My God, ^(G)we of Israel know You!”

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

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^(H)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their ^(I)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That ^(b)they might be cut off.

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^(c)He has rejected your ^(J)calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of ^(K)innocence?

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

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For ^(M)they sow the wind
And they reap the ^(N)whirlwind.
The standing grain has no ^(e)heads;
It yields ^(O)no ^(f)grain.
Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

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

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For they have gone up to ^(R)Assyria,
Like ^(S)a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has ^(T)hired ^(g)lovers.

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Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will ^(U)gather them up;
And they will begin ^(V)to ^(h)diminish
Because of the burden of the ^(W)king of princes.

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Since Ephraim has ^(X)multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.

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

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

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

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 8:1: ['Lit ', palate]

b. Hosea 8:4: ['Lit ', he]

c. Hosea 8:5: ['Or ', Your calf has rejected you]

d. Hosea 8:6: ['Or ', splinters]

e. Hosea 8:7: ['Lit ', growth]

f. Hosea 8:7: ['Or ', meal]

g. Hosea 8:9: ['Lit ', loves]

h. Hosea 8:10: ['Or ', suffer for awhile]

Cross references:

A. Hosea 8:1: Jeremiah 4:13; Hosea 5:8

B. Hosea 8:1: Habakkuk 1:8

C. Hosea 8:1: Deuteronomy 28:49

D. Hosea 8:1: Hosea 6:7

E. Hosea 8:1: Hosea 4:6

F. Hosea 8:2: Psalm 78:34; Hosea 7:14

G. Hosea 8:2: Titus 1:16

H. Hosea 8:4: Hosea 13:10; Hosea 13:11

I. Hosea 8:4: Hosea 2:8; Hosea 13:1; Hosea 13:2

J. Hosea 8:5: Hosea 10:5; Hosea 13:2

K. Hosea 8:5: Psalm 19:13; Jeremiah 13:27

L. Hosea 8:6: Hosea 13:2

M. Hosea 8:7: Proverbs 22:8

N. Hosea 8:7: Isaiah 66:15; Nahum 1:3

O. Hosea 8:7: Hosea 2:9

P. Hosea 8:8: Jeremiah 51:34

Q. Hosea 8:8: Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 25:34

R. Hosea 8:9: Hosea 7:11

S. Hosea 8:9: Jeremiah 2:24

T. Hosea 8:9: Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:34

U. Hosea 8:10: Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 22:20

V. Hosea 8:10: Jeremiah 42:2

W. Hosea 8:10: Isaiah 10:8

X. Hosea 8:11: Hosea 10:1

Y. Hosea 8:12: Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 4:8

Z. Hosea 8:12: Hosea 4:6

AA. Hosea 8:13: Hosea 5:6

AB. Hosea 8:13: Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 7:21

AC. Hosea 8:13: Jeremiah 14:10; Hosea 7:2; Luke 12:2; 1 Corinthians 4:5

AD. Hosea 8:13: Hosea 4:9; Hosea 9:7

AE. Hosea 8:13: Hosea 9:3; Hosea 9:6

AF. Hosea 8:14: Deuteronomy 32:18; Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 13:6

AG. Hosea 8:14: Isaiah 9:9; Isaiah 9:10

AH. Hosea 8:14: Jeremiah 17:27