{"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/ylt/hosea/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:11:01.851Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"To Me they cry, 'My God, we — Israel — have known Thee.'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they — they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They — to Egypt they turn back."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 8 (YLT)","markdown":"[Hosea 8](https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/8 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}