D.
Jehovah's punishments on Israel because of their forsaking of Him
8:1-14
Hosea 8
:1
8:1
A trumpet to your lips!
Like an
aeagle he comes against the house of Jehovah,
Because they have trespassed My
1bcovenant And have transgressed against My law.
Hosea 8
:2
8:2
They will cry unto Me,
My God, we — Israel — know You.
Hosea 8
:3
8:3
Israel has cast off what is good;
The enemy will pursue him.
Hosea 8
:4
8:4
They have set up
akings, but not by Me;
They have set up princes, but I did not acknowledge
it.
With their silver and their gold they made
Idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.
Hosea 8
:5
8:5
Your 1acalf has cast
you off, O Samaria;
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of
2innocence?
Hosea 8
:6
8:6
For from Israel is this!
A workman made it;
Thus it is no God.
The calf of Samaria
Will be
shattered to to pieces.
Hosea 8
:7
8:7
For they have
asown wind,
And they will reap a whirlwind.
It has no stalk;
should there be a sprout,
It will not produce flour;
If it should produce,
Strangers will swallow it up.
Hosea 8
:8
8:8
Israel has been swallowed up;
Now they have become among the nations
Like a vessel in which no one takes pleasure.
Hosea 8
:9
8:9
For they have gone up to
aAssyria Like a wild ass gone alone by itself;
Ephraim has
bhired lovers.
Hosea 8
:10
8:10
Indeed though they have hired
such among the nations,
I will now
agather them;
And they will begin to be diminished because of the burden
Of the
bking of the princes.
Hosea 8
:11
8:11
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
Altars will be to him for sin.
Hosea 8
:12
8:12
I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law,
But they are considered as a strange thing.
Hosea 8
:13
8:13
As for the sacrifices of My offerings,
They sacrifice flesh and eat
it,
But Jehovah has
ano delight in them.
Now He will
bremember their iniquity,
And He will punish their sins;
They will return to
cEgypt.
Hosea 8
:14
8:14
For Israel has forgotten his
aMaker And has built palaces,
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
But I will send
1fire into his cities,
And it will devour its citadels.
