Hosea 5:8

Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

9Ephraim shall be in desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel I have shewn that which shall surely be.

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Cross References

Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim he destroyed them into Amalec, and after him out of Benjamin into thy people, O Amalec: Out of Machir there came down princes, and out of Zabulon they that led the army to fight.

Judges 19:13And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.

1 Samuel 7:17And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.

1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

Jeremiah 4:5Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: cry aloud, and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us go into strong cities.

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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