Hos.8.1

"Blow the trumpet! Sound the alarm! Vultures are circling over God's people Who have broken my covenant and defied my revelation.

Hos.8.1

"Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

Hos.8.1

"Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.

Hos.8.1

"Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law.

Hos.8.2

Predictably, Israel cries out, "My God! We know you!' But they don't act like it.

Hos.8.2

Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!'

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Israel will cry to Me, "My God, we know You!'

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Now Israel pleads with me, `Help us, for you are our God!'

Hos.8.3

Israel will have nothing to do with what's good, and now the enemy is after them.

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But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

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Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

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But it is too late! The people of Israel have rejected what is good, and now their enemies will chase after them.

Hos.8.4

"They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don't let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin.

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They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

Hos.8.4

"They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves-- That they might be cut off.

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The people have appointed kings and princes, but not with my consent. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.

Hos.8.5

Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I'm seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up?

Hos.8.5

Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

Hos.8.5

Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them-- How long until they attain to innocence?

Hos.8.5

"O Samaria, I reject this calf--this idol you have made. My fury burns against you. How long will you be incapable of innocence?

Hos.8.6

And they're Israelites! A sculptor made that thing--it's not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits.

Hos.8.6

They are from Israel! This calf-a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

Hos.8.6

For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

Hos.8.6

This calf you worship was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.

Hos.8.7

Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they'll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down.

Hos.8.7

"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

Hos.8.7

"They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

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"They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of wheat wither, producing no grain. And if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.

Hos.8.8

Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they're a piece of junk.

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Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing.

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Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

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The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old pot that no one wants.

Hos.8.9

They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers.

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For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

Hos.8.9

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hos.8.9

Like a wild donkey looking for a mate, they have gone up to Assyria. The people of Israel have sold themselves to many lovers.

Hos.8.10

Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I'm going to gather them together and confront them. They're going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it's like to be oppressed by the big king.

Hos.8.10

Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

Hos.8.10

Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

Hos.8.10

But though they have sold themselves to many lands, I will now gather them together. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king!

Hos.8.11

"Ephraim has built a lot of altars, and then uses them for sinning. Can you believe it? Altars for sinning!

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"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

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"Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.

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"Israel has built many altars to take away sin, but these very altars became places for sinning!

Hos.8.12

I write out my revelation for them in detail and they pretend they can't read it.

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I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.

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I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.

Hos.8.12

Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don't apply to them.

Hos.8.13

They offer sacrifices to me and then they feast on the meat. GOD is not pleased! I'm fed up--I'll keep remembering their guilt. I'll punish their sins and send them back to Egypt.

Hos.8.13

They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

Hos.8.13

For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

Hos.8.13

The people of Israel love their rituals of sacrifice, but to me their sacrifices are all meaningless! I will call my people to account for their sins, and I will punish them. They will go back down to Egypt.

Hos.8.14

Israel has forgotten his Maker and gotten busy making palaces. Judah has gone in for a lot of fortress cities. I'm sending fire on their cities to burn down their fortifications."

Hos.8.14

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses."

Hos.8.14

"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."

Hos.8.14

"Israel has built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. But they have both forgotten their Maker. Therefore, I will send down fire on their palaces and burn their fortresses."

Hos.9.1

Don't waste your life in wild orgies, Israel. Don't party away your life with the heathen. You walk away from your God at the drop of a hat and like a whore sell yourself promiscuously at every sex-and-religion party on the street.

Hos.9.1

Do not rejoice, O Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor.

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Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

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O people of Israel, do not rejoice as others do. For you have been unfaithful to your God, hiring yourselves out like prostitutes, offering sacrifices to other gods on every threshing floor.

Hos.9.2

All that party food won't fill you up. You'll end up hungrier than ever.

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Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them.

Hos.9.2

The threshing floor and the winepress Shall not feed them, And the new wine shall fail in her.

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So now your harvests will be too small to feed you. The grapes you gather will not quench your thirst.

Hos.9.3

At this rate you'll not last long in GOD's land: Some of you are going to end up bankrupt in Egypt. Some of you will be disillusioned in Assyria.

Hos.9.3

They will not remain in the LORD's land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Hos.9.3

They shall not dwell in the LORD's land, But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

Hos.9.3

You may no longer stay here in this land of the LORD. You will be carried off to Egypt and Assyria, where you will live on food that is ceremonially unclean.

Hos.9.4

As refugees in Egypt and Assyria, you won't have much chance to worship GOD- Sentenced to rations of bread and water, and your souls polluted by the spirit-dirty air. You'll be starved for GOD, exiled from GOD's own country.

Hos.9.4

They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, nor will their sacrifices please him. Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat them will be unclean. This food will be for themselves; it will not come into the temple of the LORD.

Hos.9.4

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him. It shall be like bread of mourners to them; All who eat it shall be defiled. For their bread shall be for their own life; It shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Hos.9.4

There, far from home, you will not be allowed to pour out wine as a sacrifice to the LORD. None of the sacrifices you offer there will please him. Such sacrifices will be unclean, just as food touched by a person in mourning is unclean. All who present such sacrifices will be defiled. They may eat this food to feed themselves, but they may not offer it to the LORD.

Hos.9.5

Will you be homesick for the old Holy Days? Will you miss festival worship of GOD?

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What will you do on the day of your appointed feasts, on the festival days of the LORD?

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What will you do in the appointed day, And in the day of the feast of the LORD?

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What then will you do on festival days? What will you do on days of feasting in the LORD's presence?

Hos.9.6

Be warned! When you escape from the frying pan of disaster, you'll fall into the fire of Egypt. Egypt will give you a fine funeral! What use will all your god-inspired silver be then as you eke out a living in a field of weeds? [JC]

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Even if they escape from destruction, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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For indeed they are gone because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents.

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Even if you escape destruction from Assyria, you will be conquered by Egypt. Memphis will bury you. Briers will take over your treasures of silver; brambles will fill your homes.

Hos.9.7

Time's up. Doom's at the doorstep. It's payday! Did Israel bluster, "The prophet is crazy! The "man of the Spirit' is nuts!"? Think again. Because of your great guilt, you're in big trouble.

Hos.9.7

The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this. Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired man a maniac.

Hos.9.7

The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.

Hos.9.7

The time of Israel's punishment has come; the day of payment is almost here. Soon Israel will know this all too well. "The prophets are crazy!" the people shout. "The inspired men are mad!" So they taunt, for the nation is burdened with sin and shows only hatred for those who love God.

Hos.9.8

The prophet is looking out for Ephraim, working under God's orders. But everyone is trying to trip him up. He's hated right in God's house, of all places.

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The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim, yet snares await him on all his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.

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The watchman of Ephraim is with my God; But the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways-- Enmity in the house of his God.

Hos.9.8

The prophet is a watchman for my God over Israel, yet traps are laid in front of him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.

Hos.9.9

The people are going from bad to worse, rivaling that ancient and unspeakable crime at Gibeah. God's keeping track of their guilt. He'll make them pay for their sins.

Hos.9.9

They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.

Hos.9.9

They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

Hos.9.9

The things my people do are as depraved as what they did in Gibeah long ago. God will not forget. He will surely punish them for their sins.

Hos.9.10

"Long ago when I came upon Israel, it was like finding grapes out in the desert. When I found your ancestors, it was like finding a fig tree bearing fruit for the first time. But when they arrived at Baal-peor, that pagan shrine, they took to sin like a pig to filth, wallowing in the mud with their newfound friends.

Hos.9.10

"When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your fathers, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

Hos.9.10

"I found Israel Like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal Peor, And separated themselves to that shame; They became an abomination like the thing they loved.

Hos.9.10

The LORD says, "O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert! When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season! But then they deserted me for Baal-peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became as vile as the god they worshiped.

Hos.9.11

Ephraim is fickle and scattered, like a flock of blackbirds, their beauty dissipated in confusion and clamor, Frenetic and noisy, frigid and barren, and nothing to show for it--neither conception nor childbirth.

Hos.9.11

Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird- no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

Hos.9.11

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

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The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will die at birth or perish in the womb or never even be conceived.

Hos.9.12

Even if they did give birth, I'd declare them unfit parents and take away their children! Yes indeed--a black day for them when I turn my back and walk off!

Hos.9.12

Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

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Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

Hos.9.12

Even if your children do survive to grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.

Hos.9.13

I see Ephraim letting his children run wild. He might just as well take them and kill them outright!"

Hos.9.13

I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer."

Hos.9.13

Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place, So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer."

Hos.9.13

I have watched Israel become as beautiful and pleasant as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children to be slaughtered."

Hos.9.14

Give it to them, GOD! But what? Give them a dried-up womb and shriveled breasts.

Hos.9.14

Give them, O LORD - what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

Hos.9.14

Give them, O LORD-- What will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb And dry breasts!

Hos.9.14

O LORD, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don't give birth and breasts that give no milk.

Hos.9.15

"All their evil came out into the open at the pagan shrine at Gilgal. Oh, how I hated them there! Because of their evil practices, I'll kick them off my land. I'm wasting no more love on them. Their leaders are a bunch of rebellious adolescents.

Hos.9.15

"Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Hos.9.15

"All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them from My house; I will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.

Hos.9.15

The LORD says, "All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels.

Hos.9.16

Ephraim is hit hard--roots withered, no more fruit. Even if by some miracle they had children, the dear babies wouldn't live--I'd make sure of that!"

Hos.9.16

Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring."

Hos.9.16

Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb."

Hos.9.16

The people of Israel are stricken. Their roots are dried up; they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children."

Hos.9.17

My God has washed his hands of them. They wouldn't listen. They're doomed to be wanderers, vagabonds among the godless nations.

Hos.9.17

My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.

Hos.9.17

My God will cast them away, Because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Hos.9.17

My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.