Tree of Life Version
Hosea 8:14
14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built temples, while Judah has multiplied fortified cities. So I will send fire upon its cities that will consume their citadels.”
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 were to write out for him ten thousand things from My Torah, they are regarded as something strange. 13Sacrifices are gifts for Me— should they sacrifice meat and then eat it? Adonai will not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sin— they will return to Egypt. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built temples, while Judah has multiplied fortified cities. So I will send fire upon its cities that will consume their citadels.”
Read all of Hosea 8Hosea 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 13:6While they were fed, they were satisfied. Filled, their hearts became haughty. Therefore they forgot Me.
- Deuteronomy 32:18The Rock who birthed you, you ignored. You forgot God who brought you forth.
- 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 you have not remembered the Rock of your strength. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set out exotic vines.
- Jeremiah 2:32Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.
- Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the barren hills —the weeping and supplication of the children of Israel— because they perverted their way and forgot Adonai their God.
- Jeremiah 23:27Through their dreams that they each tell to his companion, that intend to make My people forget My Name—just as their fathers forgot My Name because of Baal.
- Isaiah 29:23for when he sees his children, the work of My hands in his midst, they will sanctify My Name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:21the people I formed for Myself, so they might declare My praise.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
- 1 Kings 12:31He also made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from among the people, who were not sons of Levi.
- 1 Kings 16:31Now, as if it was a trifling thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10He also built towers in the wilderness and dug out many cisterns because he had much livestock, and he had farmers in the foothills and in the plain and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fertile fields—for he loved the soil.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4He also built towns in the Judean hills and forts and towers in the forests.
- Isaiah 22:8So He will expose Judah’s defense, and in that day you will look for the armor in the Forest House.
- 2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched against all the fortified towns 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
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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
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