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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”

Context of Hosea 8:14

12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign. 13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. 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.”

Hosea 8:14 word by word

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 I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
• Deuteronomy 32:18You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
• Psalms 106:21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
• Isaiah 17:10You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines,
• Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
• Jeremiah 3:21A cry is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the Lord their God.
• Jeremiah 23:27They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.
• Isaiah 29:23When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 43:21the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
• Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
• 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
• 1 Kings 16:31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
• 2 Chronicles 26:10He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
• 2 Chronicles 27:4He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
• Isaiah 22:8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria 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

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