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 become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes. 11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: 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 10:10At my pleasure will I chastise them; and the peoples shall be assembled against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.
• Ezekiel 16:37therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated, — I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
• Ezekiel 23:9Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted.
• 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 that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
• 2 Kings 15:19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand.
• 2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.
• 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, the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, — unto this day.
• Isaiah 10:8For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
• Isaiah 36:13And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
• Ezekiel 26:7For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring from the north, against Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, the king of kings, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and an assemblage, and much people.
• Daniel 2:37Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God of the heavens 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