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Hosea 8 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:2 - To me they cry,
“My God, we—Israel—know you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 - Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:4 - They made kings, but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - I have[fn] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
The calf of Samaria
shall be broken to pieces.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
strangers would devour it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 - For they have gone up to Assyria,
a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:11 - Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:12 - Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 - As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the LORD does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
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Hebrew He has
Or shall go up in flames
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Hosea Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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