Thematic Bible
Hosea 8:1 (show verse)
[Put] to your lips [the] trumpet like a vulture over the house of Yahweh, because they have {broken my covenant} and rebelled against my law.
Hosea 8:2 (show verse)
They cry out to me, "My God! We, Israel, know you!"
Hosea 8:3 (show verse)
Israel has spurned [the] good; [the] enemy will pursue him.
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 8:4 (show verse)
They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. [With] their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their own {destruction}.
Hosea 8:5 (show verse)
Your calf is rejected, Samaria; my anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Hosea 8:6 (show verse)
Because [it is] from Israel, an artisan made it, it [is] not a god; for the calf of Samaria will be broken [to] pieces.
Hosea 8:7 (show verse)
Because they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind. [The] standing grain does not have heads; it will not yield flour. [And] if it would yield, strangers would devour it.
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
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; now they are among the nations, like an object that no one desires.
Hosea 8:9 (show verse)
For they have gone up [to] Assyria, a wild donkey alone to itself; Ephraim has sold itself [for] lovers.
Hosea 8:10 (show verse)
Even though they have sold themselves to the nations, now I will gather them. They will soon writhe from the burden of kings and princes.
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 8:11 (show verse)
When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sins, they became to him altars to sin [on].
Hosea 8:12 (show verse)
I write for him myriads of my instruction; they are regarded as a strange thing.
Hosea 8:13 (show verse)
They offer sacrifices of my choice and they eat flesh; Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will return [to] Egypt.
Hosea 8:14 (show verse)
Israel has forgotten his maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send fire on his cities and it will devour her strongholds.