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chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Israel cries out to me, &#8216Our God, we acknowledge you!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now Israel pleads with me, ‘Help us, for you are our God!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They cry out to Me, &#8220My God, we of Israel know You!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know Thee!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then they will cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel cries out to me, “My God, we know you! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel cries out to Me,&#8221 My God, we know You!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel, you say, "We claim you, the LORD, as our God." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They cry out to me, 'We acknowledge you as our God.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Even though they call me their God and claim that they are my people and that they know me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They cry out to me, 'God, we of Israel acknowledge you.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel cries out to Me, ?O our God, we know You!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />To Me they cry, My God, we—Israel—have known You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To Me they cry, 'My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Israel shall cry to me, My God, we knew thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They cry out to me, “My God! We know you!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel cries to me, “My God, we—Israel—know you!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They have called to me, saying, O our God, we know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“To me they called and they said: ”We know you, our God!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Will they cry unto Me: 'My God, we Israel know Thee'?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They shall soon cry out to me, <i>saying</i>, O God, we know thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1130" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Israel will Reap the Whirlwind</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: yiz·‘ā·qū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">cries out</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">“O our God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yə·ḏa·‘ă·nū·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cp:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">we know You!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23</a></span><br />Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Jeremiah 7:4-11</a></span><br />Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ / For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, / if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-46.htm">Luke 6:46</a></span><br />Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-2.htm">Romans 10:2-3</a></span><br />For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. / Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a></span><br />Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-41.htm">John 8:41-44</a></span><br />You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.” / Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me. / Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Isaiah 48:1-2</a></span><br />“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness— / who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-11.htm">Matthew 25:11-12</a></span><br />Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’ / But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Jeremiah 14:9-10</a></span><br />Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us! / This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31-32</a></span><br />So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. / Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-5.htm">2 Timothy 3:5</a></span><br />having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-2.htm">Isaiah 58:2-3</a></span><br />For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a></b></br> I will go <i>and</i> return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13,14</a></b></br> Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/10-16.htm">2 Kings 10:16,29</a></b></br> And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Help</a> <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">Help</a> <a href="/hosea/8-3.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Israel cries out to Me</b><br>This phrase reflects a moment of desperation and urgency from the people of Israel. Historically, Israel often turned to God in times of distress, seeking His intervention. This cry indicates a recognition of their need for divine help, yet it also highlights a pattern of inconsistency in their relationship with God. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel's cries to God are frequent, especially during periods of oppression or calamity, such as in the Book of Judges. This cry can be seen as a superficial plea, lacking genuine repentance, as Israel often returned to idolatry after receiving God's aid.<p><b>“O our God,</b><br>The use of "our God" signifies a personal and covenantal relationship between Israel and Yahweh. This phrase is reminiscent of the covenant established at Sinai, where God declared Israel to be His chosen people (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). Despite their unfaithfulness, Israel still claims this relationship, which underscores the tension between their professed allegiance and their actions. The invocation of "our God" suggests a familiarity and a presumption of favor, yet it is contrasted by their disobedience and idolatry, as seen throughout the prophetic books.<p><b>we know You!”</b><br>Claiming to know God implies an understanding and acknowledgment of His laws, character, and expectations. However, this assertion is challenged by the context of Hosea, where Israel's actions demonstrate a lack of true knowledge and obedience to God. The Hebrew concept of "knowing" God goes beyond intellectual acknowledgment; it involves a deep, relational understanding and commitment. This phrase echoes the prophetic critique found in <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>, where God laments that His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. The superficial claim of knowing God is a common theme in the prophets, who call for genuine repentance and a return to covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim, which had turned away from God and was engaging in idolatry and alliances with pagan nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to Israel, using his own life as a symbolic representation of God's relationship with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God of Israel, who desires a genuine relationship with His people and calls them to repentance and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/superficial_faith_vs._genuine_relationship.htm">Superficial Faith vs. Genuine Relationship</a></b><br>Israel's cry, "O our God, we know You!" reflects a superficial acknowledgment of God without true understanding or obedience. Believers today must examine whether their relationship with God is genuine or merely ritualistic.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_empty_religion.htm">The Danger of Empty Religion</a></b><br>Just as Israel relied on empty declarations, Christians must be wary of practicing religion without heart transformation. True faith is evidenced by obedience and love for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>Hosea's message calls for repentance and a return to God. Believers are encouraged to regularly assess their spiritual walk and seek God's forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_intimacy.htm">God's Desire for Intimacy</a></b><br>God desires a deep, personal relationship with His people, not just outward expressions of faith. This requires daily communication with God through prayer and Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_god.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring God</a></b><br>Israel's failure to truly know God led to judgment. Christians are reminded of the importance of aligning their lives with God's will to avoid spiritual consequences.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israel_appoint_kings_without_god.htm">Hosea 8:4: How could Israel set up kings without God's approval if He is sovereign over all nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_israel_condemned_for_alliances.htm">Hosea 8:10: If alliances were necessary for survival in the ancient Near East, why is Israel condemned for making them?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_levites_replace_firstborns.htm">If the Levites replaced all Israel's firstborn in worship (Numbers 8:16-18), how does this reconcile with earlier promises safeguarding the special status of firstborns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'apple_of_god's_eye'_mean.htm">What does 'Apple of God's Eye' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Should be rendered, <span class= "ital">To me they cry, My God, we know Thee, we Israel.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.</span> The more literal as well as more exact rendering is, <span class="accented">to me wilt they cry</span>, <span class="accented">My God</span>, <span class="accented">we know thee</span>, <span class="accented">we Israel!</span> Notwithstanding their provocation, their unfaithfulness to the covenant of God, and their disobedience to the Law, they appeal unitedly and severally to God in the day of their distress, and urge two pleas - their knowledge of God, or acknowledgment of him as the true God; and their high position as his people. Thus the Chaldee paraphrase has: "As often as calamity comes upon them they pray and say before me, Now we acknowledge that we have no God beside thee; deliver us, because we are thy people Israel." As to the construction, either "Israel" is in apposition to <span class="accented">anachnu</span>, the subject of the verb, or there is a transposition. Thus Rashi: "We must transpose the words, and explain, ' To me, cries Israel, My God, we know thee; '" so also Kimchi and Aben Ezra. The former says, "' Israel ' which comes after, should be before, after <span class="hebrew">לייו</span>, and many inversions of this kind occur in Scripture, as <a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Ezekiel 39:11</a> and <a href="/psalms/141-10.htm">Psalm 141:10</a>." The word "Israel" is omitted by the LXX. and Syriac, and in many manuscripts of Kennicott and De Rossi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cries out</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְעָ֑קוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·‘ā·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">“O our God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we know You!”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏa·‘ă·nū·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/8-2.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:2 They cry to me 'My God we (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/8-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 8:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>