Hosea 8

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

1 Set *ch. 5:8the trumpet to your lips!

One *See Deut. 28:49like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,

because *ch. 6:7they have transgressed my covenant

and rebelled against my law.

2 To me they cry,

*See Matt. 7:21-23"My God, we—Israel—know you."

3 Israel has spurned the good;

the enemy shall pursue him.

4 *ch. 7:7;1 Kgs. 12:20They made kings, *[2 Chr. 13:5]but not through me.

They set up princes, but I knew it not.

With their silver and gold they made idols

for their own destruction.

5 *ch. 10:5,6;[1 Kgs. 12:28] I have*8:5 Hebrew He has spurned your calf, O Samaria.

My anger burns against them.

*[Jer. 13:27]How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 For it is from Israel;

a craftsman made it;

it is not God.

*[See ver. 5above] The calf of Samaria

*[Mic. 1:6,7]shall be broken to pieces.*8:6 Or shall go up in flames

7 For *[ch. 10:12,13] they sow the wind,

and they shall reap the whirlwind.

The standing grain has no heads;

it shall yield no flour;

if it were to yield,

*[ch. 7:9]strangers would devour it.

8 *2 Kgs. 17:6Israel is swallowed up;

already they are among the nations

as *Jer. 22:28a useless vessel.

9 For *See ch. 5:13they have gone up to Assyria,

*[Jer. 2:24]a wild donkey wandering alone;

Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 Though they hire allies among the nations,

I will soon gather them up.

And *See Ezek. 26:7the king and princes *[ch. 4:7,10]shall soon writhe

because of the tribute.

11 Because Ephraim *ch. 10:1;12:11has multiplied altars for sinning,

they have become to him altars for sinning.

12 *[Deut. 4:6,8]Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,

they would be regarded as a strange thing.

13 As for my sacrificial offerings,

*Jer. 7:21;[Amos 4:4] they sacrifice meat and eat it,

but the Lord does not accept them.

*ch. 9:9;Amos 8:7Now he will remember their iniquity

and punish their sins;

*ch. 9:3;Deut. 28:68;[ch. 11:5]they shall return to Egypt.

14 For *See ch. 6:4Israel has forgotten *Isa. 17:7his Maker

and *[Amos 5:11] built palaces,

and *See ch. 6:4Judah has multiplied fortified cities;

so *Amos 2:5I will send a fire upon his cities,

and it shall devour her strongholds.