{"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/drb/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:47:27.481Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed ? "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders' webs. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 8 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}