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Hosea 8:5-10
New International Version
Hosea 8:5-10
New International Version
5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(A)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(B)
6 They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.(C)
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf(D) of Samaria.(E)
7 “They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.(F)
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.(G)
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.(H)
8 Israel is swallowed up;(I)
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.(J)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(K)
like a wild donkey(L) wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(M)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.(N)
They will begin to waste away(O)
under the oppression of the mighty king.
Hosea 8:5-10
King James Version
Hosea 8:5-10
King James Version
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?
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.
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.
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Hosea 8:5-10
New King James Version
Hosea 8:5-10
New King James Version
5 Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this:
A (B)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7 “They(C) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(D)Aliens would swallow it up.
8 (E)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(F)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (G)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (H)has hired lovers.
10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (I)I will gather them;
And they shall [c]sorrow a little,
Because of the [d]burden of (J)the king of princes.
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
- Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you
- Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
- Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation
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