Hosea 8 NKJV NIV Parallel

◄ Hosea 8 ►

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1“Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

1"Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

2Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’

2Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

3Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

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

4“They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves— That they might be cut off.

4They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

5Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence?

5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

6For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

6They are from Israel! This calf--a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

7"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

8Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

8Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

9For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

10Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

10Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

11“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.

11"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

12I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.

12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.

13For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

14“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”

14Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses."

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