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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 BSB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">BSB</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="/berean/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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/hosea/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Put the ram’s horn to your lips! <p class="indent2"> An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, <p class="indent1"> because the people have transgressed My covenant <p class="indent2"> and rebelled against My law. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Israel cries out to Me, <p class="indent2">“O our God, we know You!” <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Israel has rejected good; <p class="indent2"> an enemy will pursue him. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They set up kings, but not by Me. <p class="indent2"> They make princes, but without My approval. <p class="indent1"> With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, <p class="indent2"> to their own destruction. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He has rejected your calf,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> O Samaria. <p class="indent2"> My anger burns against them. <p class="indent1"> How long will they be <p class="indent2"> incapable of innocence? <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For this thing is from Israel—<p class="indent2"> a craftsman made it, and it is not God. <p class="indent1"> It will be broken to pieces, <p class="indent2"> that calf of Samaria. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For they sow the wind, <p class="indent2"> and they shall reap the whirlwind. <p class="indent1"> There is no standing grain; <p class="indent2"> what sprouts fails to yield flour. <p class="indent1"> Even if it should produce, <p class="indent2"> the foreigners would swallow it up. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Israel is swallowed up! <p class="indent2"> Now they are among the nations <p class="indent2"> like a worthless vessel. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they have gone up to Assyria <p class="indent2"> like a wild donkey on its own. <p class="indent2"> Ephraim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> has hired lovers. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Though they hire allies among the nations, <p class="indent2"> I will now round them up, <p class="indent1"> and they will begin to diminish <p class="indent2"> under the oppression of the king of princes. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, <p class="indent2"> they became his altars for sinning. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, <p class="indent2"> they regarded them as something strange. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, <p class="indent2"> and though they eat the meat, <p class="indent2"> the LORD does not accept them. <p class="indent1"> Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: <p class="indent2"> They will return to Egypt. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; <p class="indent2"> Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. <p class="indent1"> But I will send fire upon their cities, <p class="indent2"> and it will consume their citadels.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>calf idol</i>; see <a href="../1_kings/12.htm#29">1 Kings 12:29</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 11<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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