# Hosea 8 ## Hosea 8:1 - [KJV] *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. - [ASV] *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. - [YLT] '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. ### Notes on Hosea 8:1 - ## Hosea 8:2 - [KJV] Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. - [ASV] They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. - [YLT] To Me they cry, 'My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.' ### Notes on Hosea 8:2 - ## Hosea 8:3 - [KJV] Israel hath cast off *the thing that is* good: the enemy shall pursue him. - [ASV] Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. - [YLT] Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him. ### Notes on Hosea 8:3 - ## Hosea 8:4 - [KJV] They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew *it* not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. - [ASV] They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. - [YLT] They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off. ### Notes on Hosea 8:4 - ## Hosea 8:5 - [KJV] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast *thee* off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long *will it be* ere they attain to innocency? - [ASV] He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? - [YLT] Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity? ### Notes on Hosea 8:5 - ## Hosea 8:6 - [KJV] For from Israel *was* it also: the workman made it; therefore it *is* not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. - [ASV] For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. - [YLT] For even it *is* of Israel; an artificer made it, And it *is* not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments! ### Notes on Hosea 8:6 - ## Hosea 8:7 - [KJV] For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. - [ASV] For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. - [YLT] For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up. ### Notes on Hosea 8:7 - ## Hosea 8:8 - [KJV] Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein *is* no pleasure. - [ASV] Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. - [YLT] Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight. ### Notes on Hosea 8:8 - ## Hosea 8:9 - [KJV] For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. - [ASV] For they are gone up to Assyria, *like* a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. - [YLT] For they -- they have gone up *to* Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself *is* Ephraim, They have hired lovers! ### Notes on Hosea 8:9 - ## Hosea 8:10 - [KJV] Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. - [ASV] Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. - [YLT] Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes. ### Notes on Hosea 8:10 - ## Hosea 8:11 - [KJV] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. - [ASV] Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. - [YLT] Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin. ### Notes on Hosea 8:11 - ## Hosea 8:12 - [KJV] I have written to him the great things of my law, *but* they were counted as a strange thing. - [ASV] I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing. - [YLT] I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned. ### Notes on Hosea 8:12 - ## Hosea 8:13 - [KJV] They sacrifice flesh *for* the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat *it; but* the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. - [ASV] As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. - [YLT] The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- *to* Egypt they turn back. ### Notes on Hosea 8:13 - ## Hosea 8:14 - [KJV] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. - [ASV] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof. - [YLT] And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces! ### Notes on Hosea 8:14 -