Hosea 8:2
They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
In Context
3Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
Cross References
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
Psalms 78:34When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;
Jeremiah 7:4Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.
Hosea 7:13May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
Luke 13:25When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:2-8
Sin and Punishment of Israel; Crimes Charged against Israel; Sottish Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 745.) 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. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 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… Read the whole commentary →