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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 8 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Hosea 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div 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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Israel has been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they have gone up to Assur, a wild ass alone by himself. Ephraim has given presents to his lovers.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But even when they will have brought the nations together for the sake of money, now I will assemble them. And they will rest for a little while from the burden of the king and the leaders.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hosea/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../hosea/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 9" /></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>