Hosea 5:8

Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.

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In The King James Version

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

In Context

7They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

9Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.

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Cross References

Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.

Judges 19:13And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

1 Samuel 7:17And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

1 Kings 12:29And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

Jeremiah 4:5Say openly in Judah, give it out in Jerusalem, and say, Let the horn be sounded in the land: crying out in a loud voice, Come together, and let us go into the walled towns.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8

Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →

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