{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:20:46.749Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yes, 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 8 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}