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Hosea 8:14
14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
Hosea 8:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”
Context of Hosea 8:14
12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. 13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt. Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ הֵֽיכָל֔וֹת וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה הִרְבָּ֖ה עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻר֑וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- hath forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- his Makerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- and buildethבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- templesהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: palaceH1964
- and Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- hath multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- fencedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
- citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- but I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and it shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- the palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: fortressH759
Cross-references for Hosea 8:14
- Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; they were satisfied, and their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot me.
- Deuteronomy 32:18You ignored the Rock who gave you birth; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.
- Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have failed to remember the rock of your strength; therefore you will plant beautiful plants and set out cuttings from exotic vines.
- Jeremiah 2:32Can a young woman forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.
- Jeremiah 3:21A sound is heard on the barren heights: the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, for they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 23:27Through their dreams that they tell one another, they plan to cause my people to forget my name as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.
- Isaiah 29:23For when he sees his children, the work of my hands within his nation, they will honor my name, they will honor the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for myself will declare my praise.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
- 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.
- 1 Kings 16:31Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not enough, he married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then proceeded to serve Baal and bow in worship to him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
- Isaiah 22:8He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Assyria’s King Sennacherib attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
Commentaries on Hosea 8:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Israel hath forgotten his Maker - And therefore built temples to other gods. Judah had lost all confidence in the Divine protection, and therefore built many fenced cities. But the fire of God's anger burnt up both the temples and the fortified cities.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker - God was his Maker, not only as the Creator of all things, but as the Author of his existence as a people, as He saith, “hath he not made thee, and established thee?” Deuteronomy 32:6. And buildeth temples - as for the two calves, at Bethel and at Dan. Since God had commanded to build one temple only, that at Jerusalem, to “build temples” was in itself sin. The sin charged on Ephraim is idolatry; that of Judah is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 It is a great sin to corrupt the worship of God, and will be charged as sin on all who do it, how plausible soever their excuses may seem to be. The Lord had caused his law to be written for them, but they cared not to know, and would not obey it. Man seems by the temples he builds to be mindful of his Maker, yet really he has forgotten him, because he has cast off all his fear; but none ever hardened his heart against God and prospered. So…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Israel has forgotten his Maker: See Hosea 2:13. God's judgment often appears as fire sent upon the royal palaces and fortresses (see Amos 1:4, 7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. forgotten ... Maker--(De 32:18). temples--to idols. Judah ... fenced cities--Judah, though less idolatrous than Israel, betrayed lack of faith in Jehovah by trusting more to its fenced cities than to Him; instead of making peace with God, Judah multiplied human defenses (Is 22:8; Jr 5:17; Mi 5:10, 11). I will send ... fire upon ... cities--Sennacherib burned all Judah's fenced cities except Jerusalem (2Ki 18:13). palaces thereof--namely, of the land…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
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