Focused Passage

Hosea 8:1-7

The Trumpet Alarm Against Covenant Treachery and Self-Made Worship

The trumpet sounds because Israel has broken the covenant, rejected the good, multiplied illegitimate kings and idols, sought foreign security, and treated the LORD's instruction as strange, so the nation must reap judgment from what it has sown.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Isaiah 58:1 Classic cross-references Hosea 4:6 Classic cross-references Joel 2:1 Classic cross-references Hosea 6:7 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:49 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

[Put] the ram’s horn שֹׁפָ֔ר H7782 Noun - masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition your lips חִכְּךָ֣ H2441 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular An eagle כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁר H5404 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular looms over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular because יַ֚עַן H3282 Adverb [the people] have transgressed עָבְר֣וּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural My covenant בְרִיתִ֔י H1285 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular and rebelled פָּשָֽׁעוּ׃ H6586 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural against וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition My law תּוֹרָתִ֖י H8451 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

Mark 7:6 Classic cross-references Matthew 7:21 Classic cross-references 1 John 2:4 Classic cross-references Hosea 2:23 Classic cross-references Titus 1:16 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Israel יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular cries out יִזְעָ֑קוּ H2199 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to Me לִ֖י Preposition | first person common singular O our God אֱלֹהַ֥י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular we know You יְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | second person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Lamentations 3:66 Classic cross-references Psalms 81:10 Classic cross-references Amos 1:11 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

[But] Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular has rejected זָנַ֥ח H2186 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular good ט֑וֹב H2896 Noun - masculine singular an enemy אוֹיֵ֖ב H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular will pursue him יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃ H7291 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Daniel 3:1 Classic cross-references Hosea 13:10 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:3 Classic cross-references 2 Kings 15:10 Classic cross-references Exodus 32:4 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

They הֵ֤ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural set up kings הִמְלִיכוּ֙ H4427 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural but not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle by Me מִמֶּ֔נִּי H4480 Preposition | first person common singular They make princes הֵשִׂ֖ירוּ H7786 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural but without וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle My approval יָדָ֑עְתִּי H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular With their silver כַּסְפָּ֣ם H3701 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural and gold וּזְהָבָ֗ם H2091 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural they make עָשׂ֤וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural themselves לָהֶם֙ Preposition | third person masculine plural idols עֲצַבִּ֔ים H6091 Noun - masculine plural to לְמַ֖עַן H4616 Conjunction their own destruction יִכָּרֵֽת׃ H3772 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

Hosea 10:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 13:27 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:22 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:13 Classic cross-references Proverbs 1:22 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

He has rejected זָנַח֙ H2186 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular your calf עֶגְלֵ֣ךְ H5695 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular O Samaria שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן H8111 Noun - proper - feminine singular My anger אַפִּ֖י H639 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular burns חָרָ֥ה H2734 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular against them בָּ֑ם Preposition | third person masculine plural How long will they be עַד־ H5704 Preposition . . . מָתַ֕י H4970 Interrogative incapable לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . יוּכְל֖וּ H3201 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural of innocence נִקָּיֹֽן׃ H5356 Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Or calf idol; see 1 Kings 12:29.

Verse 6

Cross-references

Habakkuk 2:18 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 1:16 Classic cross-references Micah 1:7 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction this thing וְה֔וּא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular is from Israel מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular a craftsman חָרָ֣שׁ H2796 Noun - masculine singular made it עָשָׂ֔הוּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular and it ה֑וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular . . . כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction is not וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural It will be יִֽהְיֶ֔ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular broken to pieces שְׁבָבִ֣ים H7616 Noun - masculine plural that calf עֵ֖גֶל H5695 Noun - masculine singular construct of Samaria שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ H8111 Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 7

Cross-references

Galatians 6:7 Classic cross-references Proverbs 22:8 Classic cross-references Haggai 1:6 Classic cross-references Job 4:8 Classic cross-references Hosea 10:12 Classic cross-references Galatians 6:7-8 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 1:8 OliveGrove study links Matthew 7:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

For כִּ֛י H3588 Conjunction they sow יִזְרָ֖עוּ H2232 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural the wind ר֥וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular and they shall reap יִקְצֹ֑רוּ H7114 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural the whirlwind וְסוּפָ֣תָה H5492 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular There is no אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb standing grain קָמָ֣ה H7054 Noun - feminine singular what sprouts צֶ֚מַח H6780 Noun - masculine singular fails בְּלִ֣י H1097 Adverb to yield יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular flour קֶּ֔מַח H7058 Noun - masculine singular Even if אוּלַ֣י H194 Adverb it should produce יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the foreigners זָרִ֖ים H2114 Adjective - masculine plural would swallow it up יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ H1104 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular

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