Hosea 8:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Hosea 8:1

The Apostasy of Israel

1 “Set the¹ trumpet to your mouth!
He shall come ^alike an eagle against the house of the Lord,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.

2 ^aIsrael will cry to Me,
‘My God, ^bwe know You!’

3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.

4 “They^a set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.

5 Your¹ calf is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
^aHow long until they attain to innocence?

6 For from Israel is even this:
A ^aworkman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

7 “They^a sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
^bAliens would swallow it up.

8 ^aIsrael is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
^bLike a vessel in which is no pleasure.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like ^aa wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim ^bhas hired lovers.

10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now ^aI will gather them;
And they shall¹ sorrow a little,
Because of the¹ burden of ^bthe king of princes.

11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.

12 I have written for him ^athe great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.

13 For the sacrifices of My offerings ^athey sacrifice flesh and eat it,
^bBut the Lord does not accept them.
^cNow He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
They shall return to Egypt.

Verse Comparison: Hosea 8:1

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American Standard Version
`Set' the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle `he cometh' against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Amplified® Bible
SET THE trumpet to your lips! [The enemy] comes as a [great] vulture against the house of the Lord, because they have broken My covenant and transgressed against My law.

Contemporary English Version
Sound a warning! Israel, you broke our agreement and ignored my teaching. Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land.

Darby English Version
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.

Good News Bible
The LORD says, "Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! My people have broken the covenant I made with them and have rebelled against my teaching.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
{Put} the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle {the enemy comes} against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

New International Version
"Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the LORD
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.

New King James Version
“Set the trumpet to your mouth!
He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

Revised Standard Version
Set the trumpet to your lips, for a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.

Young's Literal Translation
`Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

New English Translation
Sound the alarm!¹ An eagle² looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me,³ and have rebelled against my law.

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