Hosea Chapter 8 (Index)

001  Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

002  Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

003  Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

004  They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

005  Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

006  For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

007  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

008  Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

009  For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

010  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.

011  Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

012  I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

013  They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

014  For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.