{"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/asv/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:45:58.353Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Israel hath cast off that which 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":"He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 8 (ASV)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}