Israel Reaps the Whirlwind: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Hosea, Chapter 8

¹Put the trumpet to your^a Lit palatelips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.	Jer 4:13 Hos 5:8 Hab 1:8 Deu 28:49 Hos 6:7 Hos 4:6
²They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!”	Psa 78:34 Hos 7:14 Tit 1:16
³Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.
⁴They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That^b Lit hethey might be cut off.	Ki2 15:13 Ki2 15:17 Ki2 15:25 Hos 13:10 Hos 13:11 Hos 2:8 Hos 13:1 Hos 13:2
⁵^c Or Your calf has rejected youHe has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?	Hos 10:5 Hos 13:2 Psa 19:13 Jer 13:27
⁶For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to^d Or splinterspieces.	Hos 13:2
⁷For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no^e Lit growthheads; It yields no^f Or mealgrain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.	Pro 22:8 Isa 66:15 Nah 1:3 Hos 2:9
⁸Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.	Ki2 17:6 Jer 51:34 Jer 22:28 Jer 25:34
⁹For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired^g Lit loveslovers.	Hos 7:11 Jer 2:24 Eze 16:33 Eze 16:34
¹⁰Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to^h Or suffer for awhilediminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.	Eze 16:37 Eze 22:20 Jer 42:2 Isa 10:8
¹¹Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.	Hos 10:1
¹²Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.	Deu 4:6 Deu 4:8 Hos 4:6
¹³As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.	Hos 5:6 Jer 6:20 Jer 7:21 Jer 14:10 Hos 7:2 Luk 12:2 Co1 4:5 Hos 4:9 Hos 9:7 Hos 9:3 Hos 9:6
¹⁴For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.	Deu 32:18 Hos 2:13 Hos 4:6 Hos 13:6 Isa 9:9 Isa 9:10 Jer 17:27


	Once registered, you can subscribe for any reading plans of the Bible. Possibilities of personalized settings and other services for the already registered users are in the pipeline, therefore we advise you to register now (for free, of course).