Hosea

Hosea 8 ©

Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.

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SET athe trumpet to 1thy mouth. bHe shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, cbecause they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

a ch. 5.8. Is. 58.1. Eze. 33.2-9.
b De. 28.47,49. 2Ki. 17.3-6; 18.17. Je. 48.40; 4.13. Hab. 1.8.
c ch. 4.1,2,12-14; 6.7. Ju. 2.10-19. 2Ki. 17.7-17. Is. 24.5.
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Israel dshall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

d ch. 7.14. Ps. 78.34. Mat. 7.21-23. Is. 48.1,2. Mi. 3.11. 2Ki. 10.16,29. Tit. 1.16.
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Israel hath ecast off the thing that is good: the enemy fshall pursue him.

e Ps. 81.10,11; 50.17. 2Ki. 17.7-17. Mat. 7.23; 23.37.
f v.1. Je. 16.16. Ps. 143.3. La. 3.66; 5.5.
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gThey have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: hof their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

g 1Ki. 12.16-20. 2Ki. 15.13-17,23,25.
h ch. 2.8; 10.1,2; 13.2,3. v.5,11,14. 1Ki. 12.28; 16.31.
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iThy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; jmine anger is kindled against them: khow long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

i v.6. Is. 45.20. Je. 2.19,20. 1Ki. 12.28.
j De. 32.22. 2Ki. 17.18.
k Je. 4.14; 13.27. Pr. 1.22.
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lFor from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: mbut the calf of nSamaria shall be broken in pieces.

l Ps. 106.19,20,29,39; 115.4-8. Is. 44.9-20. Je. 10.9.
m ch. 10.5,6. Je. 43.12,13. v.5.
n 1Ki. 21.1. 2Ki. 23.19; 5.3.
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For othey have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no 2stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, pthe strangers shall swallow it up.

o Job 4.8. Pr. 22.8. Ro. 6.21. Ec. 5.16. ch. 10.12,13.
p 2Ki. 13.3,4,7; 15.19,29; 17.6; 18.11. ch. 7.9.
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Israel is qswallowed up: now shall they be ramong the Gentiles sas a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

q Je. 50.17. 2Ki. 15.29; 17.6. ch. 7.9.
r Le. 26.33. De. 28.25.
s Je. 22.28; 48.38.
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For they are tgone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim uhath hired 3lovers.

t ch. 5.13; 7.11. Job 39.5. Je. 2.24. v.8.
u ch. 2.10; 5.13; 12.1. 2Ki. 15.19; 17.4. Is. 30.6. Eze. 23.7; 16.33.
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Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now vwill I gather them, and they shall 4sorrow a little for wthe burden of xthe king of princes.

v ch. 10.10. Eze. 16.37; 23.9,10,23-26,45.
w 2Ki. 15.19,29; 17.3.
x Is. 10.8. Da. 2.37. Eze. 26.7.
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yBecause Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

y v.4. ch. 10.1,2,8. Je. 16.13. De. 4.28. Pr. 22.20.
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zI have written to him athe great things of my law, but bthey were counted as a *strange thing.

a Ps. 147.19,20. Ro. 3.1,2. Ps. 119.18.
b Ps. 50.17. Job 21.14,15.
z De. 4.6,8.
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5They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;  cbut the LORD accepteth them not; now will he dremember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they eshall return to Egypt.

c ch. 11.12. Is. 1.11-15; 66.3. Zec. 7.6. Pr. 21.27. Am. 5.22.
d ch. 7.2; 9.9. Je. 14.10. Ex. 20.5.
e ch. 7.16; 11.5; 9.3,6. De. 28.68.
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For fIsrael hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but gI will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

f De. 32.15-20. 2Ki. 17.7-17. 1Ki. 12.31,32. Is. 29.13. Eze. 20.32.
g Am. 1.4,7,10,12,14; 2.5. De. 32.22. Is. 42.25.