Hosea 5:8

Blow the horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Shout an alarm in Beth-aven! Lead the way, 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 unfaithful to the Lord and have had children that are not his. Now the New Moon will destroy them along with their fields.

9Ephraim will be left desolate on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is the real truth.

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Cross References

Judges 5:14Some came from Ephraim, a land that used to belong to the Amalekites; the tribe of Benjamin followed you with its men. Commanders came from Makir; from Zebulun came those who carry a military officer's staff.

Judges 19:13Then he told his servant, “Come on, let's try and get to Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night somewhere there.”

1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah because that was where he lived. He ruled Israel from there, and also built an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34Samuel left for Ramah, and Saul went home to his town called Gibeah of Saul.

1 Kings 12:29He placed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

Jeremiah 4:5Announce this warning throughout Judah and Jerusalem! Tell them: Blow the trumpet everywhere in the country! Shout out, “Hurry! Let's run to the fortified towns for protection!”

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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