Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a solitary wild-ass; Ephraim hireth lovers;
Noyes Bible
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; Soon shall they become among the nations As a vessel which no one desireth.
Cross References
Isaiah 30:2Who go down into Egypt, Without inquiring at my mouth, To seek refuge in Pharaoh's protection, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass, used to the wilderness, That in her desire snuffeth up the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her aside? All that seek her do not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.
Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, her neighbors
Hosea 2:10And now will I reveal her shame before the eyes of her lovers, And none shall deliver her out of my hand.
Hosea 7:11Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding; They call upon 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 →