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id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/7.htm" title="Hosea 7">◄</a> Hosea 8 <a href="../hosea/9.htm" title="Hosea 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/hosea/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Reaping the Wind Storm</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Sound the ram’s horn!</p> <p class="poetry2">Like a vulture<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:1 Or eagle">a</a></span> the enemy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:1 Lit. he">b</a></span> will come against the Temple of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">because Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:1 Lit. they">c</a></span> violated my covenant,</p> <p class="poetry2">transgressing my Law.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They cry out to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘God, we of Israel acknowledge you.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Israel has discarded what is good.</p> <p class="poetry2">The enemy will pursue them.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:3 Lit. him">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They set kings in place,</p> <p class="poetry2">but not by me.</p> <p class="poetry2">They established princes,</p> <p class="poetry2">whom I did not recognize.</p> <p class="poetry2">They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold;</p> <p class="poetry2">as a result, they will be destroyed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your calf,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:5 i.e. the idol they crafted (cf. v. 4)">e</a></span> Samaria, has been thrown away.</p> <p class="poetry2">My anger is burning against them.</p> <p class="poetry2">How long until they become pure again?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Because from Israel it was fashioned by craftsmen,</p> <p class="poetry2">it is not God;</p> <p class="poetry2">therefore Samaria’s calf will be broken in pieces.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span> “Because they sow the wind,</p> <p class="poetry2">they will reap the wind storm.</p> <p class="poetry2">The plant has no stalk</p> <p class="poetry2">and its bud yields no grain.</p> <p class="poetry2">Even if there’s a harvest,</p> <p class="poetry2">foreigners will gobble it up.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Israel has been devoured;</p> <p class="poetry2">now they will live among the nations</p> <p class="poetry2">like a worthless container.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Because they went over to Assyria,</p> <p class="poetry2">they are like a wild donkey alone by itself.</p> <p class="poetry2">Ephraim has hired some lovers.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Even though they sold themselves to the nations,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will gather them.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will mourn for a while</p> <p class="poetry2">for the burden they were to the king and princes.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:10 So LXX. MT king of princes">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“The more altars Ephraim builds for sin,</p> <p class="poetry2">the more altars there will be for sin.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I prescribed great things from my Law for them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:12 Lit. him">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">but they considered them profane.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They offer me meat from the sacrifices of my offerings,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they eat from it,</p> <p class="poetry2">but the LORD does not accept them.</p> <p class="poetry2">He will now remember their transgression</p> <p class="poetry2">and pay them back for their sins;</p> <p class="poetry2">to Egypt they will return.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces.</p> <p class="poetry2">Judah has multiplied its fortified cities,</p> <p class="poetry2">but I will send fire to their cities,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it will consume their fortresses.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 8:1 Or <i>eagle</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 8:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 8:1 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 8:3 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 8:5 i.e. the idol they crafted (cf. v. 4)<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 8:10 So LXX. 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