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Hosea 8:3-13

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3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
4 1They made kings, 2but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
5 3I have[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. 4How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. 5The calf of Samaria 6shall be broken to pieces.[b]
7 For 7they 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, 8strangers would devour it.
8 9Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as 10a useless vessel.
9 For 11they have gone up to Assyria, 12a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And 13the king and princes 14shall soon writhe because of the tribute.
11 Because Ephraim 15has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 16Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings, 17they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. 18Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; 19they shall return to Egypt.
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Hosea 8:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 8

This chapter treats of the sins and punishment of Israel for them, as the preceding; it is threatened and proclaimed that an enemy should come swiftly against them, because of their transgression of the covenant and law of God, Ho 8:1; their hypocrisy is exposed, Ho 8:2; they are charged with the rejection of that which is good, and therefore should be pursued by the enemy, Ho 8:3; with setting up kings and princes without consulting the Lord, Ho 8:4; and with making of idols, particularly the golden calves, which would be of no use to them, disappoint them, and at last be broke to pieces, Ho 8:4-6; their seeking to their neighbours for help, and entering into alliances with them, are represented as vain and fruitless, and issuing in their ruin and destruction, Ho 8:7-10; their sins of multiplying altars, contrary to the law of God, and in contempt of it, and offering sacrifices to the Lord, are observed; and they with a visitation from him, Ho 8:11-13; and the chapter is concluded with some notice and Judah, the one building temples, and multiplying fenced cities, which should be by fire, Ho 8:14.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. Hosea 7:7; 1 Kings 12:20
  • 2. [2 Chronicles 13:5]
  • 3. Hosea 10:5, 6; [1 Kings 12:28]
  • 4. [Jeremiah 13:27]
  • 5. [See ver. 5 above]
  • 6. [Micah 1:6, 7]
  • 7. [Hosea 10:12, 13]
  • 8. [Hosea 7:9]
  • 9. 2 Kings 17:6
  • 10. Jeremiah 22:28
  • 11. See Hosea 5:13
  • 12. [Jeremiah 2:24]
  • 13. See Ezekiel 26:7
  • 14. [Hosea 4:7, 10]
  • 15. Hosea 10:1; Hosea 12:11
  • 16. [Deuteronomy 4:6, 8]
  • 17. Jeremiah 7:21; [Amos 4:4]
  • 18. Hosea 9:9; Amos 8:7
  • 19. Hosea 9:3; Deuteronomy 28:68; [Hosea 11:5]

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