Hosea 8:5

Thy egel (calf-idol), O Shomron, I am casting off; 1 Mine anger is kindled against them; 1 how long will they be incapable of nikkayon (innocency, freedom from punishment)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

In Context

4They have set up melachim, but not from Me; 1 they have made sarim (princes), and I knew it not; 1 of their kesef and their zahav 1 have they made them atzabim (idols), 1 that they may be cut off. 1

6They are from Yisroel! 1 The craftsman made it; 1 therefore it is not Elohim; 1 but the egel of Shomron shall be broken in pieces. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For an eish is kindled in Mine anger, 1 and shall burn unto the lowest Sheol, 1 and shall devour Eretz and her increase, 1 and set on fire the foundations of harim. 1

2 Kings 17:21For He tore Yisroel from the Bais Dovid; and they made Yarov'am Ben Nevat melech; and Yarov'am drove Yisroel from following after Hashem, and caused them to commit a chata'ah gedolah.

Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1

Jeremiah 4:14O Yerushalayim, wash thine lev from rah, 1 that thou mayest be saved. 1 Ad mosai (how long, how much longer) 1 shall thy sinful machsh'vot lodge within thee? 1

Hosea 8:6They are from Yisroel! 1 The craftsman made it; 1 therefore it is not Elohim; 1 but the egel of Shomron shall be broken in pieces. 1

Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel, 1 shall be made shmad; 1 the kotz (thorn) and the dardar (thistle) shall come up on their mizbechot; 1 and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; 1 and to the hills: Fall on us. 1

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 →

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