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Text -- Hosea 8:1-10 (NET)

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God Will Raise Up the Assyrians to Attack Israel
8:1 Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. 8:2 Israel cries out to me, “My God, we acknowledge you!” 8:3 But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel
8:4 They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! 8:5 O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites! 8:6 That idol was made by a workman– it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile
8:7 They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. 8:8 Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
The Willful Donkey and the Wanton Harlot
8:9 They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. 8:10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Assyria a member of the nation of Assyria
 · Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Samaria residents of the district of Samaria


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Israel | Idolatry | PEKAHIAH | Whirlwind | Hypocrisy | Calf | Eagle | CALF, GOLDEN | WIND | Government | Donkey | WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN | Idol | King | Sin | Sower | Profession | Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena | Lovers | Wine | more
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NET Notes: Hos 8:1 Heb “my covenant” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “the covenant I made with them.”

NET Notes: Hos 8:4 Heb “in order to be cut off.” The text gives the impression that they made the idols for this purpose, but the language is ironic and sarc...

NET Notes: Hos 8:5 Heb “How long will they be able to be free from punishment?” This rhetorical question affirms that Israel will not survive much longer unt...

NET Notes: Hos 8:9 Or “has hired herself out to lovers”; cf. NIV “has sold herself to lovers.”

NET Notes: Hos 8:10 Heb “a king of princes” (cf. KJV, NASB); TEV “the emperor of Assyria.”

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