{"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/kjv/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:53:33.442Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"<i>Set</i> the trumpet to thy mouth. <i>He shall come</i> 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 unto me, My God, we know thee."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Israel hath cast off <i>the thing that is</i> 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 <i>it</i> 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 <i>thee</i> off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long <i>will it be</i> ere they attain to innocency?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For from Israel <i>was</i> it also: the workman made it; therefore it <i>is</i> 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 hath 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 <i>is</i> no pleasure."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yea, 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 hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have written to him the great things of my law, <i>but</i> they were counted as a strange thing."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They sacrifice flesh <i>for</i> the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat <i>it; but</i> the LORD 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 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}