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Book of Hosea, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Hosea—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ Set the trumpet to your lips,
    for[a] a vulture is over the house of the LORD,
    because they have broken my covenant,
      and transgressed my law.
  2. To me they cry,
      My God, we Israel know thee.
  3. Israel has spurned the good;
      the enemy shall pursue him.
  4. ¶ They made kings, but not through me.
      They set up princes, but without my knowledge.
    With their silver and gold they made idols
      for their own destruction.
  5. I have[b] spurned your calf, O Samar′ia.
      My anger burns against them.
    How long will it be
      till they are pure
  6. in Israel?[c]
    ¶ A workman made it;
      it is not God.
    The calf of Samar′ia
      shall be broken to pieces.[d]
  7. ¶ For they sow the wind,
      and they shall reap the whirlwind.
    The standing grain has no heads,
      it shall yield no meal;
    if it were to yield,
      aliens would devour it.
  8. Israel is swallowed up;
      already they are among the nations
      as a useless vessel.
  9. For they have gone up to Assyria,
      a wild ass wandering alone;
      E′phraim has hired lovers.
  10. Though they hire allies among the nations,
      I will soon gather them up.
    And they shall cease[e] for a little while
      from anointing[f] king and princes.
  11. ¶ Because E′phraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
      they have become to him altars for sinning.
  12. Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands,
      they would be regarded as a strange thing.
  13. They love sacrifice;[g]
      they sacrifice flesh and eat it;
      but the LORD has no delight in them.
    Now he will remember their iniquity,
      and punish their sins;
      they shall return to Egypt.
  14. For Israel has forgotten his Maker,
      and built palaces;
    and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
      but I will send a fire upon his cities,
      and it shall devour his strongholds.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Cn: Heb as
  2. ^ Heb He has
  3. ^ Gk: Heb for from Israel
  4. ^ Or shall go up in flames
  5. ^ Gk: Heb begin
  6. ^ Gk: Heb burden
  7. ^ Cn: Heb uncertain

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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