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Hosea 8:4-14

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4 1They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their 2silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
5 He has rejected your 3calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable * of 4innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this! A 5craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7 For 6they sow the wind And they reap the 7whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields 8no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is 9swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a 10vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to 11Assyria, Like 12a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has 13hired lovers.
10 Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will 14gather them up; And they will begin 15to diminish Because of the burden of the 16king of princes.
11 Since Ephraim has 17multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though 18I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My 19law, They are regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for My 20sacrificial gifts, They 21sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will 22remember their iniquity, And 23punish them for their sins; They will return to 24Egypt.
14 For Israel has 25forgotten his Maker and 26built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a 27fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.
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Hosea 8:4-14 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 27

  • 1. 2 Kin 15:13, 17, 25; Hosea 13:10, 11
  • 2. Hosea 2:8; Hosea 13:1, 2
  • 3. Hosea 10:5; Hosea 13:2
  • 4. Psalms 19:13; Jeremiah 13:27
  • 5. Hosea 13:2
  • 6. Proverbs 22:8
  • 7. Isaiah 66:15; Nahum 1:3
  • 8. Hosea 2:9
  • 9. 2 Kings 17:6; Jeremiah 51:34
  • 10. Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 25:34
  • 11. Hosea 7:11
  • 12. Jeremiah 2:24
  • 13. Ezekiel 16:33, 34
  • 14. Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 22:20
  • 15. Jeremiah 42:2
  • 16. Isaiah 10:8
  • 17. Hosea 10:1
  • 18. Deuteronomy 4:6, 8
  • 19. Hosea 4:6
  • 20. Hosea 5:6
  • 21. Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 7:21
  • 22. Jeremiah 14:10; Hosea 7:2; Luke 12:2; 1 Corinthians 4:5
  • 23. Hosea 4:9; Hosea 9:7
  • 24. Hosea 9:3, 6
  • 25. Deuteronomy 32:18; Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 13:6
  • 26. Isaiah 9:9, 10
  • 27. Jeremiah 17:27

Footnotes 7

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