Hosea 8:1

Set the shofar to thy lips. 1 He + 8:1 the Assyrian enemy shall come as a nesher against the Bais Hashem, 1 because they have transgressed My brit (covenant), 1 and committed pesha against My torah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Yisroel shall cry unto Me: 1 Elohai, we know Thee. We, Yisroel! 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:27But Rav Shakeh said unto them, Hath adoni sent me to adoneicha, and to thee, to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the anashim which sit on the chomah, that may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

Isaiah 24:5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they have transgressed torot, 1 changed chok (ordinance), 1 broken the Brit Olam. 1

Jeremiah 4:5Declare ye in Yehudah, and publish in Yerushalayim, and say: 1 Blow ye the shofar in HaAretz. 1 Cry out, gather together, and say: 1 Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. 1

Jeremiah 6:1O ye Bnei Binyamin, 1 gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim, 1 and blow the shofar in Tekoa, 1 and kindle the fire signal on Beit-HaKerem; 1 for ra'ah (evil, disaster) appeareth out of the tzafon (north), 1 and shever gadol (great destruction). 1

Jeremiah 48:40For thus saith Hashem: 1 Hinei, one shall fly like the nesher, 1 and shall spread his wings over Moav. 1

Ezekiel 7:14They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the milchamah; for My charon (wrath) is upon all the multitude thereof.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:1

This chapter, as that before, divides itself into the sins and punishments of Israel; every verse almost declares both, and all to bring them to repentance. When they saw the malignant nature of their sin, in the descriptions of that, they could not but be convinced now much it was their duty to repent of what was so bad in itself; and when they saw the mischievous consequences of their sin, in the predictions of them, they could not but see how much it was their interest to repent for the preventing of them. I.… Read the whole commentary →

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