Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
In Context
8Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand.
Isaiah 30:2who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth, to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Jeremiah 2:24a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Ezekiel 23:5And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians [her] neighbours,
Hosea 2:10And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:9-14
The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 745.) 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. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things… Read the whole commentary →