Hosea 8:5

Hosea 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
• New International Version (NIV)Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“O Samaria, I reject this calf— this idol you have made. My fury burns against you. How long will you be incapable of innocence?

Context of Hosea 8:5

3Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. 4They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? 6For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces. 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.

Hosea 8:5 word by word

זָנַח֙ עֶגְלֵ֣ךְ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן חָרָ֥ה אַפִּ֖י בָּ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֕י לֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ נִקָּיֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy calfעֵ֫גֶל‛êgel · calfH5695
• O Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• hath castזָנַחzânach · to rejectH2186
• off; mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• is kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• ereלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• they attainיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to innocencyנִקָּיוֹןniqqâyôn niqqâyôn · innocenceH5356

Cross-references for Hosea 8:5

• Hosea 8:6For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
• Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for it has departed from them.
• Isaiah 45:20"Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
• Acts 7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• 2 Kings 17:16And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
• Proverbs 1:22"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
• Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
• Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?"

Commentaries on Hosea 8:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Bishop Newcome translates: "Remove far from thee thy calf, O Samaria!" Abandon thy idolatry; for my anger is kindled against thee. How long will it be ere they attain to innocency? - How long will ye continue your guilty practices? When shall it be said that ye are from these vices? The calf or ox, which was the object of the idolatrous worship of the Israelites, was a supreme deity in Egypt; and it was there they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Israel had cast off God, his good. In turn, the prophet says, the “calf,” which he had chosen to be his god instead of the Lord his God, “has cast” him “off.” He repeats the word, by which he had described Israel‘s sin, ”Israel hath cast off and abhorred good” in order to show the connection of his sin and its punishment. “Thy calf,” whom thou madest for thyself, whom thou worshipest, whom thou lovest, of whom…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. 5-6your calf: Jeroboam I was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He ruled from 931 to 910 BC. When he became king, he set up worship places in Dan and Bethel. He did this to prevent people from traveling to the temple in Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom. At each site, he placed a gold calf for the people to worship (1 Kings 12:26–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. hath cast thee off--As the ellipsis of thee is unusual, Maurer translates, "thy calf is abominable." But the antithesis to Ho 8:3 establishes English Version, "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good"; therefore, in just retribution, "thy calf hath cast thee off," that is, is made by God the cause of thy being cast off (Ho 10:15). Jeroboam, during his sojourn in Egypt, saw Apis worshipped at Memphis, and Mnevis at Heliopolis, in the form of an ox…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 8:5

• Calf
• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Attain
• Calf, Golden
• Hosea
• Idolatry
• Innocence; Innocency; Innocent
• Pekahiah
• Zechariah, Book of

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