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Hosea 8:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. "

Hosea 8:9

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7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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From This Chapter

Hosea 8:1

"Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law."

Hosea 8:2

"Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."

Hosea 8:3

"Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."

Hosea 8:4

"They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off."

Hosea 8:5

"Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"

Hosea 8:6

"For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."

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