Hosea 8:2
To me will they then cry, My God, we, Israel, know thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
In Context
3[But] Israel did reject the good; so let the enemy pursue him.
Cross References
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and behold my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God.
Jeremiah 7:4[But] do not rely on the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, [as] they [say].
Hosea 7:13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me; destruction shall come unto them, because they have transgressed against me: though I desired to redeem them, they yet spoke lies against me.
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 →