{"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/dbt/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:40:52.449Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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. He cometh as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; we, Israel."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Israel hath cast off 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":"Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and itis no God: for 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 hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted as a strange thing."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. 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 buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 8 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}