- 1Set 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.
- 2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- 3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
- 4They 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.
- 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?
- 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- 7For 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.
- 8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
- 9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- 10Yea, 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.
- 11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
- 12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- 13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
- 14For 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.
KING JAMES VERSION
HOSEA 8
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Hosea 8 — The Whirlwind Harvest and the Broken Calf.
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The composition centers the whirlwind harvest and the broken calf as the chapter’s defining visual. It keeps judgment non-graphic, reserves a quiet title area, and avoids written words and any bodily depiction of God.
Scripture basis: Hosea 8:1–14King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Ninth–eighth centuries BC
Samaria Ostraca
More than one hundred ink-inscribed pottery sherds from Samaria preserve short Hebrew records of wine and oil deliveries, exposing the scribes, districts, commodities, and disputed workings of the northern kingdom's capital.
1 Kings 16:24 · 1 Kings 20:43 · Amos 6:1–6
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Late first century BC
4QHosea Pesherᵇ (4Q167)
A Cave 4 commentary preserves and interprets parts of Hosea 5–8 as judgment on groups in the interpreter's Second Temple world.
Hosea 5:13–15 · Hosea 6:7–10 · Hosea 8:1–14
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