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But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.” <a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds. <a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels. <a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a> For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a> “For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.” <a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings. <a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings. <a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings. <a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces [and pagan temples], And Judah has built many fortified cities; But I will send a fire upon their cities so that it may consume their palaces and fortresses. <a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels. <a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. <a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Israel, I created you, but you forgot me. You and Judah built palaces and many strong cities. Now I will send fire to destroy your towns and fortresses. <a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. <a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The people of Israel have built palaces, and they have forgotten their maker. The people of Judah have built many fortified cities. I will send a fire on their cities and burn down their palaces." <a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> "The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities." <a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces. Judah has multiplied its fortified cities, but I will send fire to their cities, and it will consume their fortresses." <a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels. <a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels. <a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses." <a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. <a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Israel forgets his Maker, and builds temples, "" And Judah has multiplied cities of defense, "" And I have sent a fire into his cities, "" And it has consumed their palaces!” <a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces! <a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Israel will forget him making him, and he will build temples; and Judah multiplied fortified cities: and I sent a fire upon his cities and it will consume its palaces.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures. <a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Israel has forgotten his maker and has built palaces. Judah, too, has fortified many cities, but I will send fire upon his cities, to devour their strongholds. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Israel has forgotten The One who made him, and built temples, and Yehuda multiplied fortress cities. I shall set a fire in his city and it will devour her palaces <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, And builded palaces, And Judah hath multiplied fortified cities; But I will send a fire upon his cities, And it shall devour the castles thereof. <a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations. <a href="/parallel/hosea/8-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1250" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Israel will Reap the Whirlwind</a> …13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. 14<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/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: way·yiš·kaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">has forgotten</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śê·hū (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">his Maker</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">and built</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: hê·ḵā·lō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">palaces;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: wî·hū·ḏāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: hir·bāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">has multiplied</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">its fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tî- (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">But I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: bə·‘ā·rāw (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">upon their cities,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and it will consume</a> <a href="/hebrew/759.htm" title="759: ’ar·mə·nō·ṯe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A citadel. From an unused root; a citadel.">their citadels.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Jeremiah 7:4</a> Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ <a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10</a> “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” <a href="/amos/2-5.htm">Amos 2:5</a> So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” <a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">2 Kings 17:9-11</a> The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. / They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. <a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a> Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a> They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” <a href="/ezekiel/16-24.htm">Ezekiel 16:24-25</a> you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. / At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by. <a href="/micah/5-11.htm">Micah 5:11</a> I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19</a> Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Lamentations 2:2</a> Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. <a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a> Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Luke 19:44</a> They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” <a href="/romans/9-31.htm">Romans 9:31-32</a> but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a> Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.forgotten.<a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Hosea 13:6</a> According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Deuteronomy 32:18</a> Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.<a href="/psalms/106-21.htm">Psalm 106:21</a> They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Maker.<a href="/isaiah/29-23.htm">Isaiah 29:23</a> But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.<a href="/isaiah/43-21.htm">Isaiah 43:21</a> This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.<a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a> For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.and buildeth.<a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a> And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.<a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31</a> And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.and Judah.<a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">2 Chronicles 26:10</a> Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.<a href="/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4</a> Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.<a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Isaiah 22:8-11</a> And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest… I will send.<a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13</a> Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.<a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13,25</a> The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies… <a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Jeremiah 17:27</a> But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Castles</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/6-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-49.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Palatial</a> <a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Temples</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-22.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/amos/9-6.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Built</a> <a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Castles</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/amos/8-7.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/amos/5-9.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hosea/11-11.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/10-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/13-11.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/jonah/2-7.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/amos/1-4.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Palatial</a> <a href="/amos/1-4.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/joel/3-5.htm">Temples</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/amos/5-9.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 8</div>1. <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.</a> </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'; 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This forgetfulness is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Deuteronomy 32:18</a>, where Israel is warned against forgetting the God who gave them birth. The Maker refers to God as the Creator and Sustainer, emphasizing the covenant relationship that Israel has neglected.and built palaces; The construction of palaces signifies Israel's pursuit of wealth, power, and security through human means rather than reliance on God. This reflects a shift in priorities, where materialism and political alliances take precedence over spiritual fidelity. The palaces symbolize the opulence and self-reliance that often accompany a departure from divine dependence, as seen in the reigns of kings like Solomon, who built grand structures but also led the nation into idolatry.Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. Judah's focus on fortifying cities indicates a reliance on military strength and human defenses instead of trusting in God's protection. This behavior is reminiscent of the actions of King Rehoboam, who fortified cities for defense (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-5.htm">2 Chronicles 11:5-12</a>). The multiplication of fortified cities suggests a lack of faith in God's promises and a desire to secure safety through earthly means, contrasting with the biblical call to trust in the Lord for deliverance.But I will send fire upon their cities, The imagery of fire represents divine judgment and purification. Fire is often used in the Bible as a symbol of God's wrath and cleansing power, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>) and the prophetic warnings in <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a>. This phrase indicates that God will bring judgment upon Israel and Judah for their unfaithfulness and misplaced trust, consuming what they have built in defiance of His will.and it will consume their citadels. The consumption of citadels signifies the complete destruction of the strongholds and defenses that Israel and Judah have relied upon. Citadels, as symbols of human strength and security, will be rendered powerless in the face of God's judgment. This serves as a reminder of the futility of trusting in human efforts over divine protection, echoing the warnings found in <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a> and <a href="/amos/1-4.htm">Amos 1:4</a>. The destruction of these structures points to the ultimate sovereignty of God and the consequences of forsaking His covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, often characterized by its idolatry and turning away from God. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom, which, although more faithful than Israel, also fell into sin and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/m/maker.htm">Maker</a> Refers to God, the Creator, whom Israel has forgotten. 4. <a href="/topical/p/palaces_and_fortified_cities.htm">Palaces and Fortified Cities</a> Symbols of human pride and self-reliance, built by Israel and Judah as a false sense of security. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fire.htm">Fire</a> Represents God's judgment, a common biblical metaphor for purification and destruction of sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/remembering_our_maker.htm">Remembering Our Maker</a> Just as Israel forgot their Maker, we must be vigilant in remembering and honoring God in our daily lives. <a href="/topical/f/false_security.htm">False Security</a> Building "palaces" and "fortified cities" can symbolize our reliance on material wealth or personal achievements. True security comes from God alone. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_forgetfulness.htm">Consequences of Forgetfulness</a> Forgetting God leads to judgment. We must continually seek His presence and guidance to avoid spiritual complacency. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God's judgment is both just and redemptive. Understanding His sovereignty helps us trust in His plans, even when they involve discipline. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> The call to repentance is implicit. Turning back to God can restore our relationship with Him and avert judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 8</a> <a href="/q/are_'boundary_moves'_in_hosea_5_10_recorded.htm">Hosea 5:10 - Do the described 'boundary moves' have any verifiable record in ancient Israel's land division or tribal borders?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_ephraim_renounce_idols_in_hosea.htm">Why does Hosea 14:8 speak of Ephraim renouncing idols, yet later passages suggest the Northern Kingdom never fully returned from exile?</a> <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> <a href="/q/is_hosea_10_1_symbolic_or_historical.htm">Hosea 10:1: Is the 'luxuriant vine' account historically accurate, or is it purely symbolic with no evidence of such agricultural prosperity at that time?</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>(14) Temples.--The word here used for temple is used sixty times for Jehovah's temple. The building of these temple-palaces was a distinct sin against the unity of the Godhead.Judah hath multiplied fenced cities.--Referred to by Sennacherib, in the inscription relating to the campaign of 701 B.C. "Forty-six of his (Hezekiah's) strong cities, fortresses . . . I besieged, I captured." These were erected by Uzziah and Jotham (<a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm" title="Also he built towers in the desert, and dig many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: farmers also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.">2Chronicles 26:10</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/27-4.htm" title="Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.">2Chronicles 27:4</a>). With the allusions to Israel's temples (palaces) compare <a href="/amos/3-11.htm" title="Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled.">Amos 3:11</a>; <a href="/amos/3-15.htm" title="And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, said the LORD.">Amos 3:15</a>. <a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has forgotten וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח (way·yiš·kaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention his Maker עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ (‘ō·śê·hū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make and built וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build palaces; הֵֽיכָל֔וֹת (hê·ḵā·lō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> A large public building, palace, temple Judah וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (wî·hū·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites has multiplied הִרְבָּ֖ה (hir·bāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great its fortified בְּצֻר֑וֹת (bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose cities. עָרִ֣ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement But I will send וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ (wə·šil·laḥ·tî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out fire אֵ֣שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire upon their cities, בְּעָרָ֔יו (bə·‘ā·rāw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement and it will consume וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat their citadels. אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (’ar·mə·nō·ṯe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_759.htm">Strong's 759: </a> A citadel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 9:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 9:1" /></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>