Hosea 8:10

Hosea 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

Context of Hosea 8:10

8Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. 9For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. 11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. 12I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

Hosea 8:10 word by word

גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־יִתְנ֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ מְּעָ֔ט מִמַּשָּׂ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ שָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• gatherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• beginחָלַלchâlal · to boreH2490
• burdenמַשָּׂאmaώώâ' · burdenH4853
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Hosea 8:10

• Hosea 10:10When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
• Ezekiel 16:37therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
• Ezekiel 23:9Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
• Haggai 2:6For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
• 2 Kings 14:26For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
• 2 Kings 15:19There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
• 2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
• 1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.
• Isaiah 10:8For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?
• Isaiah 36:13Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
• Ezekiel 26:7For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.
• Daniel 2:37Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

Commentaries on Hosea 8:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For the burden of the king of princes - The exactions of the Assyrian king, and the princes of the provinces.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Yea, though they have hired - Or better, “because or when they hinge among the pagan, now will I gather them;” i. e., I will gather the nations together. The sin of Israel should bring its own punishment. He sent presents to the king of Assyria, in order to strengthen himself against the will of God; “he thought himself secured by his league made with them; but he should find himself much deceived in his policy;” he had “hired among them” only; “now,” ere…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger, especially in the day of judgment, all carnal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10I will now round them up: God sometimes promises to gather his people to save them (Zechariah 10:8–10), but here the Lord gathers them for judgment (Joel 3:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. will I gather them--namely, the nations (Assyria, &c.) against Israel, instead of their assisting her as she had wished (Eze 16:37). a little--rather, "in a little" [Henderson]. English Version gives good sense: They shall sorrow "a little" at the imposition of the tribute; God suspended yet the great judgment, namely, their deportation by Assyria. the burden of the king of princes--the tribute imposed on Israel (under Menahem) by the Assyrian king…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings