Hosea 8:14

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 wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My Law, They are regarded as a strange thing. 13As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the Lord has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their guilt, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings.

Hosea 8:14 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ הֵֽיכָל֔וֹת וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה הִרְבָּ֖ה עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻר֑וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear

• For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• his Makerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• palacesהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: palaceH1964
• And Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• has multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• fortifiedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• But I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and it will consumeאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• its palatialאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: palaceH759

Cross-references for Hosea 8:14

• Hosea 13:6As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And as they became satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me.
• Deuteronomy 32:18You forgot the Rock who fathered you, And forgot the God who gave you birth.
• Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
• Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine shoots of a strange god.
• Jeremiah 2:32Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.
• Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel. Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the Lord their God.
• Jeremiah 23:27who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they report to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?
• Isaiah 29:23But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 43:21The people whom 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 beforehand so that we would walk in them.
• 1 Kings 12:31And he made houses on high places, and appointed priests from all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
• 1 Kings 16:31And as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
• 2 Chronicles 26:10He also built towers in the wilderness and carved out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.
• 2 Chronicles 27:4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.
• Isaiah 22:8And He removed the defense of Judah. On that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,
• 2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized 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

Topics related to Hosea 8:14

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In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Judah
• Maker
• Fenced cities
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Hosea
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Zechariah, Book of
• Hoshea

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