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Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which <i>is</i> no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel has been swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Israel is [as if] swallowed up [by enemies]; They are now among the nations Like a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel, you are ruined, and now the nations consider you worthless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel will be swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel has become like any other nation and is as useless as a broken pot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel has been devoured; now they will live among the nations like a worthless container.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel has been swallowed up, "" Now they have been among nations, "" As a vessel in which is no delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Israel was swallowed down: now they were among the nations as a vessel no delight in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Israel has been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like a useless vessel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no use.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up, and from now on they are among the Gentiles like a vessel with no usefulness in it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up; Now are they become among the nations As a vessel wherein is no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-8.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=1193" 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">7</span>For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm" title="1104: niḇ·la‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To swallow down, swallow up, engulf. A primitive root; to make away with; generally, to destroy.">is swallowed up!</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">they are</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/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">like a worthless</a> <a href="/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656: ḥê·p̄eṣ (N-ms) -- Delight, pleasure. From chaphets; pleasure; hence desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence a matter."></a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kiḵ·lî (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">vessel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.…<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="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17</a></span><br />Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></span><br />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="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a></span><br />Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30</a></span><br />have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a></span><br />For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></span><br />For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Amos 9:9</a></span><br />“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11-12</a></span><br />The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Ezekiel 36:19</a></span><br />I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a></span><br />I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></span><br />They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-52.htm">John 11:52</a></span><br />and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25</a></span><br />I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.</p><p class="hdg">swallowed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">2 Kings 17:1-6</a></b></br> In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11</a></b></br> And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor <i>by</i> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17</a></b></br> Israel <i>is</i> a scattered sheep; the lions have driven <i>him</i> away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.</p><p class="hdg">among.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></b></br> And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25,64</a></b></br> The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth… </p><p class="hdg">a vessel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a></b></br> And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water <i>withal</i> out of the pit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Jeremiah 22:28</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> this man Coniah a despised broken idol? <i>is he</i> a vessel wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38</a></b></br> <i>There shall be</i> lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/8-1.htm">Already</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-33.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/hosea/8-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/7-8.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Value</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-3.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Already</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Value</a> <a href="/matthew/5-15.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Israel is swallowed up!</b><br>This phrase indicates a complete and overwhelming defeat or destruction. In the context of Hosea, it refers to the impending judgment and exile of the Northern Kingdom of Israel due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. The imagery of being "swallowed up" suggests total consumption, leaving nothing behind. This can be connected to the Assyrian conquest, which led to the dispersion of the Israelites. The concept of being swallowed is also seen in other biblical narratives, such as Jonah being swallowed by the great fish, symbolizing judgment and the need for repentance.<p><b>Now they are among the nations</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness: exile and dispersion among foreign nations. Historically, this occurred when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC, leading to the scattering of the ten tribes. Theologically, it reflects the loss of their distinct identity as God's chosen people. This dispersion is a reversal of the covenant promise where Israel was to be a distinct and holy nation. It also foreshadows the New Testament theme of the Gospel reaching all nations, as seen in the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>).<p><b>like a worthless vessel.</b><br>The imagery of a "worthless vessel" suggests something that has lost its purpose and value. In ancient times, vessels were essential for daily life, used for storing and transporting goods. A broken or defective vessel was discarded as useless. This metaphor indicates Israel's failure to fulfill their role as a light to the nations and a people set apart for God. It echoes <a href="/jeremiah/18.htm">Jeremiah 18:1-6</a>, where God is the potter and Israel the clay, emphasizing God's sovereignty and the consequences of Israel's failure to remain faithful. The idea of worthlessness contrasts with the New Testament portrayal of believers as valuable vessels for honorable use (<a href="/2_timothy/2-20.htm">2 Timothy 2:20-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, representing the ten tribes that separated from Judah. In this context, Israel is depicted as having lost its distinctiveness and purpose due to its disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding Gentile nations. Israel's assimilation into these nations symbolizes its loss of identity and divine favor.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to Israel. His life and marriage serve as a metaphor for God's relationship with Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>Though not mentioned directly in this verse, Assyria is the dominant power during Hosea's time and represents the looming threat of exile for Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/worthless_vessel.htm">Worthless Vessel</a></b><br>A metaphor for Israel's current state. In Hebrew, the word for "vessel" (keli) can mean a container or tool, indicating that Israel has become useless for its intended purpose.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Israel's assimilation into the nations serves as a warning about the spiritual and practical consequences of turning away from God. Disobedience leads to a loss of identity and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_distinctiveness.htm">The Importance of Distinctiveness</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be set apart. Like Israel, when we conform to the world, we risk becoming ineffective in our witness and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is not arbitrary but a response to persistent disobedience. Understanding His sovereignty helps us trust His justice and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While Hosea speaks of judgment, it also points to the hope of restoration. God's discipline is meant to bring us back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Hosea are vital in calling God's people back to faithfulness. We should heed the warnings and encouragements found in Scripture.<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_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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ephraim's_cultural_mix.htm">Hosea 7:8 portrays Ephraim as a “cake not turned” and mixed with nations—what historical or archaeological support exists for this portrayal of religious and cultural assimilation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israel_appoint_kings_without_god.htm">Hosea 8:4: How could Israel set up kings without God's approval if He is sovereign over all nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_israel_condemned_for_alliances.htm">Hosea 8:10: If alliances were necessary for survival in the ancient Near East, why is Israel condemned for making them?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Vessel wherein is no pleasure</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, worthless (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm" title="There shall be lamentation generally on all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 48:38</a>; <a href="/psalms/31-13.htm" title="For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.">Psalm 31:13</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-20.htm" title="But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.">2Timothy 2:20</a>); a vessel devoted to vilest uses, or smashed up as worthless.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Israel is swallowed up</span>. Not only shall the productions of their land be swallowed up, but the persons of the Israelites shall be consumed; nor is the event far off in the distant future, though the Hebrew commentators translate the past as prophetic future; already has the process beam. Such is the extension of the punishment. <span class="cmt_word">Now shall they be</span> (rather, <span class="accented">are then become</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.</span> The prosperity, population, property, and even nationality, are swallowed up - engulfed as in some abyss, so as to be undiscoverable to the present time; while their reputation has suffered so sorely that they are despised as a worthless household vessel - a vessel unto dishonor, never of much worth, but now cast away as entirely unfit for use. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is swallowed up!</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְלַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·la‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1104.htm">Strong's 1104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swallow down, swallow up, engulf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּה֙</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">they are</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">בַגּוֹיִ֔ם</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">like a worthless</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽין־</span> <span class="translit">(’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vessel.</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּכְלִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(kiḵ·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:8 Israel is swallowed up (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 8:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:9" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>