New American Standard Bible 2020

Hosea 8:5-10

5 1He has rejected your 2calf, Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of 3innocence?6For from Israel comes even this! A 4craftsman made it, so it is not God; Assuredly, the calf of Samaria will be broken to 5pieces.7For 6they sow wind And they harvest a 7storm. The standing grain has no 8kernels; It yields 9no 10grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.

8Israel has been 11swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a 12vessel in which no one delights.9For they have gone up to 13Assyria, Like 14a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has 15paid fees for 16lovers.10Even though they 17pay for allies among the nations, I will 18gather them up now; And they will begin 19to diminish Because of the burden of the 20king of officials.

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Notes

1. Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you ↩
2. Hosea 8:5 Hos 10:5; 13:2 ↩
3. Hosea 8:5 Ps 19:13; Jer 13:27 ↩
4. Hosea 8:6 Hos 13:2 ↩
5. Hosea 8:6 Or splinters ↩
6. Hosea 8:7 Prov 22:8 ↩
7. Hosea 8:7 Is 66:15; Nah 1:3 ↩
8. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth ↩
9. Hosea 8:7 Hos 2:9 ↩
10. Hosea 8:7 Or meal ↩
11. Hosea 8:8 2 Kin 17:6; Jer 51:34 ↩
12. Hosea 8:8 Jer 22:28; 25:34 ↩
13. Hosea 8:9 Hos 7:11 ↩
14. Hosea 8:9 Jer 2:24 ↩
15. Hosea 8:9 Ezek 16:33, 34 ↩
16. Hosea 8:9 Lit love gifts ↩
17. Hosea 8:10 Or recruit allies ↩
18. Hosea 8:10 Ezek 16:37; 22:20 ↩
19. Hosea 8:10 Jer 42:2 ↩
20. Hosea 8:10 Is 10:8 ↩

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