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They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But though they have sold themselves to many allies, I will now gather them together for judgment. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even though they pay <i>for allies</i> among the nations, I will gather them up now; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of officials.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Even though they hire <i>allies</i> among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even though they hire <i>allies</i> among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yes, even though [with presents] they hire <i>allies</i> among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And [in a little while] they will begin to grow weak <i>and</i> diminish Because of the burden imposed by the king of princes [the king of Assyria].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You can bargain with nations, but I'll catch you anyway. Soon you will suffer abuse by kings and rulers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even though they sold themselves among the nations, I will gather them now. They will suffer for a while under the burdens of kings and princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But now I am going to gather them together and punish them. Soon they will writhe in pain when the emperor of Assyria oppresses them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Even though they sold themselves to the nations, I will gather them. They will mourn for a while for the burden they were to the king and princes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also though they hire among nations, "" Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, "" From the burden of a king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also if they will hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and shall they be weak a little from the lifting up of the king of the princes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them together; They will soon succumb under the burden of king and princes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Though they shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, I will gather them, and they shall rest a while from the burden of the kings and the princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Even if they are handed over among the Gentiles, I shall gather them and they shall rest a little from the burden of the Kings and of the Rulers<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yea, though they hire among the nations, Now will I gather them up; And they begin to be minished By reason of the burden of king and princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-10.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=1208" 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">9</span>For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8566.htm" title="8566: yiṯ·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To hire. A primitive root; to present, i.e. Bargain with.">they hire allies</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: ḇag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">among the nations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">I will now</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: ’ă·qab·bə·ṣêm (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">round them up,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: way·yā·ḥêl·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">and they will begin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: mə·‘āṭ (Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">to diminish</a> <a href="/hebrew/4853.htm" title="4853: mim·maś·śā (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- From nasa'; a burden; specifically, tribute, or porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire.">under the oppression</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·rîm (N-mp) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">of princes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.…<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="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-26.htm">Ezekiel 16:26-29</a></span><br />You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger. / Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct. / Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-4.htm">2 Kings 17:4-6</a></span><br />But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison. / Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. / In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Jeremiah 2:18-19</a></span><br />Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates? / Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a></span><br />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. / Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. / But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Ezekiel 23:5-9</a></span><br />Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors / clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds. / She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19-20</a></span><br />Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom. / Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/42-13.htm">Jeremiah 42:13-17</a></span><br />But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God, / and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’ / then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9</a></span><br />You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Ezekiel 23:12-21</a></span><br />She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men. / And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path. / But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-9</a></span><br />So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” / Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria. / So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36-37</a></span><br />How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. / Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm">Isaiah 7:17</a></span><br />The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Ezekiel 23:22-23</a></span><br />Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side— / the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.</p><p class="hdg">now.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Hosea 10:10</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a></b></br> Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all <i>them</i> that thou hast loved, with all <i>them</i> that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9,10,22-26,46,47</a></b></br> Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted… </p><p class="hdg">sorrow a little.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Haggai 2:6</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it <i>is</i> a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry <i>land</i>;</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">2 Kings 14:26</a></b></br> For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, <i>that it was</i> very bitter: for <i>there was</i> not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19,20</a></b></br> <i>And</i> Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">2 Kings 17:3</a></b></br> Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.</p><p class="hdg">the king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm">Isaiah 10:8</a></b></br> For he saith, <i>Are</i> not my princes altogether kings?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/36-13.htm">Isaiah 36:13</a></b></br> Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/26-7.htm">Ezekiel 26:7</a></b></br> For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/31-17.htm">Allies</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Although</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-27.htm">Anointing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-10.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-15.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Diminished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-3.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/hosea/8-2.htm">Help</a> <a href="/hosea/2-12.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Little</a> <a href="/daniel/11-25.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Minished</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Money</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/daniel/11-17.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-18.htm">Oppression</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/daniel/10-16.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Short</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/1-12.htm">Allies</a> <a href="/nahum/1-12.htm">Although</a> <a href="/mark/6-13.htm">Anointing</a> <a href="/matthew/20-8.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/nahum/1-1.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/amos/7-5.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/exodus/5-11.htm">Diminished</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-6.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/hosea/12-6.htm">Help</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/matthew/20-7.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Little</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/psalms/107-39.htm">Minished</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Money</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Oppression</a> <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Short</a> <a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Waste</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'; 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This reflects a lack of faith and trust in God's protection and provision. Historically, Israel's political strategy often involved forming alliances to counter threats, but these alliances frequently led to further entanglement and idolatry. The practice of hiring allies can be seen as a form of spiritual adultery, as Israel was called to be set apart and rely solely on God (<a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a>).<p><b>I will now round them up</b><br>This phrase indicates God's impending judgment. The imagery of rounding up suggests gathering for punishment or correction. It reflects God's sovereignty and control over the nations, including Israel. The rounding up can be seen as a shepherd gathering sheep, but in this context, it is for discipline rather than protection. This action is consistent with God's covenant relationship with Israel, where disobedience leads to consequences (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>).<p><b>and they will begin to diminish</b><br>The diminishing of Israel is a direct consequence of their reliance on foreign powers instead of God. Historically, this can be seen in the decline of Israel's political and military strength, leading to eventual exile. The diminishing is both a physical and spiritual decline, as turning away from God results in loss of identity and purpose. This serves as a warning of the futility of trusting in human strength and alliances (<a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">Psalm 146:3</a>).<p><b>under the oppression of the king of princes</b><br>The "king of princes" likely refers to the Assyrian king, who was a dominant power during Hosea's time. Assyria's oppression of Israel is a fulfillment of God's judgment for their unfaithfulness. This phrase highlights the irony of Israel's situation: in seeking protection from powerful nations, they instead find themselves oppressed by them. The term "king of princes" underscores the authority and power of Assyria, which God uses as an instrument of judgment. This reflects the biblical theme that God can use even pagan nations to accomplish His purposes (<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, seeking alliances with foreign nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the foreign nations with whom Israel sought alliances, often seen as a form of idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mighty_king.htm">Mighty King</a></b><br>Likely refers to the Assyrian king, representing the foreign powers that would oppress Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_gathering.htm">God's Gathering</a></b><br>The act of God bringing Israel back, either for judgment or restoration, depending on their repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_misplaced_trust.htm">The Danger of Misplaced Trust</a></b><br>Israel's alliances with foreign nations symbolize a lack of trust in God. Believers today must examine where they place their trust and ensure it is in God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced consequences for their unfaithfulness, Christians are reminded that turning away from God leads to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment_and_restoration.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment and Restoration</a></b><br>God's gathering of Israel, whether for judgment or restoration, demonstrates His control over nations and history. Believers can trust in God's ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>The call to repentance is implicit in God's gathering. Christians are encouraged to return to God when they stray, trusting in His mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_worldly_alliances.htm">The Futility of Worldly Alliances</a></b><br>Israel's alliances with other nations proved futile. Believers are reminded that worldly solutions cannot replace divine guidance and provision.<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_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_10_18_and_1_chr_19_18.htm">How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</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>(10) There is much difference of opinion as to the interpretation of this verse. Much depends on the reference of the word "them." We prefer to regard it as referring to Ephraim rather than to the nations (<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> Assyria and Egypt). Render, <span class= "ital">I will gather them</span> (<span class= "ital">Israel</span>)<span class= "ital"> together, so that in a short time they may delay</span> (this translation approved by Ewald, Wnsche, and Simson) <span class= "ital">to render the tribute burden due to the king of princes</span> (<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> the Assyrian monarch). "Gather them together," <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> in restraint, so that they cannot roam so wildly, seeking help (Ewald). This accords with <a href="/context/hosea/2-8.htm" title="For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.">Hosea 2:8-9</a>; <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm" title="For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:">Hosea 3:4</a>. Such non-payment of tribute actually occurred a few years later (<a href="/2_kings/17-4.htm" title="And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.">2Kings 17:4</a>). Others render it: I will gather these nations (of the East) round about her to look scornfully on her ruin, and they shall sorrow a little (used ironically) at the imposition of the king of the princes.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them.</span> Instead of "have hired," "sue" would make the sense more obvious. But who are they of whom it is here said, "I will gather them"? <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> The nations, among whom Ephraim has been suing for endearments from paramours, shall be gathered together to effect the hurt or ruin of Ephraim; while for this explanation <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a>, is cited as parallel: "Behold, therefore, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness." But <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> others maintain that the persons gathered are the Ephraimites whom the Lord will gather, that is to say, <p><span class="note_emph">(a)</span> will bring them all together among the nations, leading them thither; and to this exposition <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Hosea 9:6</a> is thought to furnish a parallel, at least as far as the meaning of the verb "<span class="accented">to</span> gather" is concerned: "<span class="accented">Egypt</span> shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them." . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-10.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">Though</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(gam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they hire allies</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8566.htm">Strong's 8566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To present, bargain with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the nations,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַגּוֹיִ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">round them up,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·qab·bə·ṣêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will begin</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḥêl·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to diminish</span><br /><span class="heb">מְּעָ֔ט</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘āṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little, fewness, a few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under the oppression</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמַּשָּׂ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(mim·maś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4853.htm">Strong's 4853: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֥לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of princes.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/8-10.htm">Hosea 8:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:10 But although they sold themselves among (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 8:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:11" /></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>