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An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. <a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law. <a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law. <a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a> Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a> “Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have violated My covenant And rebelled against My Law. <a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant, And rebelled against My law. <a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Put the trumpet to your mouth! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of Yahweh Because they have trespassed against My covenant And transgressed against My law. <a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Set the trumpet to your lips [announcing impending judgment]! Like a [great] vulture the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have broken My covenant And transgressed and rebelled against My law. <a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Put the ram’s horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they transgress my covenant and rebel against my law. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Put the horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they transgress My covenant and rebel against My law. <a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. <a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Sound a warning! Israel, you broke our agreement and ignored my teaching. Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land. <a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> SET the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. <a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Sound the alarm on the ram's horn. The enemy swoops down on the LORD's temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings. <a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD says, "Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! My people have broken the covenant I made with them and have rebelled against my teaching. <a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Sound the ram's horn! Like a vulture the enemy will come against the Temple of the LORD, because Israel violated my covenant, transgressing my Law. <a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the LORD! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. <a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Put the trumpet to your lips. Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law. <a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. <a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a> “Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “To your mouth—a horn, "" As an eagle against the house of YHWH, "" Because they transgressed My covenant, "" And against My law they have rebelled. <a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled. <a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The trumpet to thy mouth: as an eagle upon the house of Jehovah, because they passed by my covenant and they transgressed against my laws.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Let there be a trumpet in your throat, like an eagle over the house of the Lord, on behalf of those who have transgressed my covenant and violated my law. <a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Put the trumpet to your lips! One like an eagle is over the house of the LORD! Because they have violated my covenant, and rebelled against my law, <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> LET your mouth become like a trumpet. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed my law. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your mouth like a trumpet and like an eagle came into the house of LORD JEHOVAH because they violated my covenant and they committed evil against my Law<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; Because they have transgressed My covenant, And trespassed against My law. <a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law. <a href="/parallel/hosea/8-1.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=1118" 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> 1<a href="/hebrew/7782.htm" title="7782: šō·p̄ār (N-ms) -- A horn (for blowing). Or shophar; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet or curved horn.">Put the ram’s horn</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2441.htm" title="2441: ḥik·kə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Probably from chanak in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself.">your lips!</a> <a href="/hebrew/5404.htm" title="5404: kan·ne·šer (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- An eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle.">An eagle</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">looms over</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">the people have transgressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: ḇə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: pā·šā·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">and rebelled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·rā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">My law.</a> 2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”…<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/4-5.htm">Jeremiah 4:5-6</a> Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’ / Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a> “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. <a href="/ezekiel/33-3.htm">Ezekiel 33:3-6</a> and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people. / Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. / Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. ... <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a> If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1</a> “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction. <a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Isaiah 31:5</a> Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.” <a href="/zephaniah/1-16.htm">Zephaniah 1:16</a> a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. <a href="/jeremiah/4-21.htm">Jeremiah 4:21</a> How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn? <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26</a> He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come! <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Ezekiel 7:14</a> They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude. <a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a> For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a> And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!” <a href="/matthew/24-42.htm">Matthew 24:42-44</a> Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. / But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. / For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34-36</a> But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. / For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. / So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.the trumpet.<a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Hosea 5:8</a> Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.<a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Isaiah 18:3</a> All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.<a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a> Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.thy mouth.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a> The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;<a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a> Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.<a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm">Jeremiah 48:40</a> For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.the house.<a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a> All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.<a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27</a> But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?<a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Amos 8:3</a> And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.transgressed.<a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a> But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a> The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.<a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a> Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/daniel/7-4.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Something</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-22.htm">Vulture</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/hosea/8-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/hosea/8-3.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Something</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Vulture</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'; </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Put the ram’s horn to your lips! The ram's horn, or shofar, was used in ancient Israel for various purposes, including calling people to worship, signaling the start of a battle, or announcing significant events. Here, it serves as a warning of impending judgment. The urgency of the command suggests a critical moment for the nation. The use of the shofar is reminiscent of its role in the fall of Jericho (<a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4-5</a>), symbolizing divine intervention and judgment.An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, The eagle is often a symbol of swiftness and power. In this context, it represents an impending threat, likely the Assyrian army, known for its speed and might. The "house of the LORD" refers to Israel, God's chosen people, who are under threat due to their disobedience. The imagery of an eagle is also used in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a> to describe a nation that God would send against Israel as a consequence of their disobedience.because the people have transgressed My covenant The covenant refers to the agreement between God and Israel, established through figures like Abraham, Moses, and David. Transgressing the covenant implies a serious breach of faith and disobedience to God's commands. This is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where Israel's unfaithfulness leads to divine judgment. The covenant was meant to set Israel apart as a holy nation (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>), and breaking it had severe consequences.and rebelled against My law. Rebellion against God's law indicates a deliberate and conscious decision to reject His commandments. The law, given through Moses, was central to Israel's identity and relationship with God. This rebellion is not just a legal infraction but a spiritual defiance against God's authority. The prophets frequently called Israel to repentance, urging them to return to the law (<a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19</a>). This rebellion is seen as a rejection of God's kingship, similar to the rebellion in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God and was facing impending judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple or the place where God's presence was acknowledged, symbolizing the spiritual center of Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_eagle.htm">The Eagle</a> A symbol of impending judgment and destruction, often associated with swiftness and power, possibly representing an invading army. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_and_law.htm">Covenant and Law</a> The divine agreements and commandments given by God to Israel, which they had broken, leading to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a> The trumpet symbolizes an urgent call to repentance. Believers are reminded to heed God's warnings and turn back to Him without delay. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Israel's rebellion against God's covenant serves as a cautionary tale about the serious consequences of turning away from God's laws. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_word.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Word</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's actions are consistent with His covenant promises, both in blessings and in judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Hosea's role as a prophet underscores the importance of listening to God's messengers who call us back to righteousness. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a> Just as the eagle represents a swift and unexpected judgment, believers are encouraged to remain spiritually vigilant and prepared.<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/does_hosea_12_8_contradict_israel's_exile.htm">Hosea 12:8: Does Israel’s claim of innocence here contradict passages in which Israel is already punished or exiled? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_15_show_god's_love.htm">In Hosea 9:15, how do we reconcile an 'all-loving' God with the statement that God hates His people in Gilgal?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_israel_'swallowed'_yet_distinct.htm">Hosea 8:8: How do we reconcile Israel being 'swallowed up' by other nations with promises of their continued distinct identity?</a> <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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Eagle.--The image of swiftness (<a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm" title="Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled.">Jeremiah 4:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm" title="For thus said the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.">Jeremiah 48:40</a>). So Assyria shall come swooping down on Samaria, to which Hosea, though with some irony, gives the name "House of Jehovah," recognising that the calf was meant to be symbolic in some sense of Israel's God. (See, however, Note on <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm" title="All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebels.">Hosea 9:15</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - The exclamation in this verse, A trumpet to thy mouth, supersedes the necessity of supplying a verb. The alarm of war or of hostile invasion is to be sounded by the prophet at the command of Jehovah. The (1) trumpet is at once to be employed for the purpose. The rendering of both the Targum and Syriac (2) expresses the same idea, though under a different form; the former has, "Cry with thy throat, as if it were a trumpet;" and the latter, "Let thy mouth be as a trumpet." According to this view, the Prophet Hoses expresses here very briefly what Isaiah has done more fully in the words, "Cry aloud [Hebrew, 'with the throat'] spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins." (3) The LXX. here deviates considerably from the Maseoretic Hebrew text, translating εἰς κόλπον (תֵיקְך) αὐτῶν, ὡς γῆ, of the meaning of which Jerome acknowledges his ignorance, though he attempts to explain it. Cyril connects the words with the concluding part of the preceding chapter, thus: "This their setting at naught (of me) in the land of Egypt shall come into their own bosom. As the land, as the eagle against the house of the Lord;" while his explanation is as follows: "Since, though I preserved them and instructed them, and gave them victory over their enemies (for I strengthened them), they have impiously set me at naught, worshipping demons for gods, and have trusted to the land of the Egyptians, and have fancied that their help shall be sufficient for their prosperity, therefore their attempt shall return unto their own besom, and they shall find no good reward of their temerity; but they shall receive, as it were, into their bosom the deserved punishment. For he shall come, he shall come who shall lay them waste - the King of Assyria, with an innumerable multitude of warriors, and he shall come to them as the whole land and region and country, that one might think that the whole region of the Persians and Medes had wholly migrated and had come into Samaria. This is the meaning of the whole land (ὡς γῆ). He shall likewise come as an eagle into the house of the Lord." (He shall come) as an eagle against the house of the Lord. These words cannot mean, . . . <a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>[Put] the trumpet שֹׁפָ֔ר (šō·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7782.htm">Strong's 7782: </a> A cornet, curved horn to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your lips! חִכְּךָ֣ (ḥik·kə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2441.htm">Strong's 2441: </a> Palate, roof of the mouth, gums An eagle כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁר (kan·ne·šer) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5404.htm">Strong's 5404: </a> The eagle comes against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel because יַ֚עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause they have transgressed עָבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on My covenant בְרִיתִ֔י (ḇə·rî·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant and rebelled פָּשָֽׁעוּ׃ (pā·šā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel against וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against My law. תּוֹרָתִ֖י (tō·w·rā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> Direction, instruction, law <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:1 Put the trumpet to your lips! 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