George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Hosea 8:2
Know thee. They resemble those to whom our Saviour will reply, Not every one that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, Matthew vii. 22. (Calmet)
Know thee. They resemble those to whom our Saviour will reply, Not every one that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, Matthew vii. 22. (Calmet)
Verse Hosea 8:2. _ISRAEL SHALT CRY_] The rapidity of the eagle's flight is well imitated in the rapidity of the sentences in this place. _MY GOD, WE KNOW THEE._] The same sentiment, from the same so...
ISRAEL SHALL CRY UNTO ME, MY GOD, WE KNOW THEE - Or, according to the order in the Hebrew, “To Me shall they cry, we know Thee, Israel,” i. e., “we, Israel,” Thy people, “know Thee.” It is the same pl...
CHAPTER 8:1-9:9 The Apostasy is Followed by Judgment _ 1. The judgment announced (Hosea 8:1) _ 2. The apostasy which resulted in judgment (Hosea 8:8) 3. Warning against self-security (Hosea 9:1)...
HOSEA 7:8 TO HOSEA 8:3. POLITICAL DECAY THE OUTWARD SIGN OF ISRAEL'S MORAL DECAY. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are foredoomed t...
_Israel shall cry_ Rather, UNTO ME THEY WILL (then) CRY, MY GOD, WE ISRAEL KNOW THEE. When the punishment comes, they will cry aloud to Jehovah, and lay stress upon their belonging to Him. -Israel" is...
_ISRAEL BROKE GOD'S COVENANT -- HOSEA 8:1-4:_ Hosea eight begins with God, Israel and the Assyrians. Israel had broken her covenant with God and ignored His teaching. Now it was time to sound the warn...
DISCOURSE: 1162 THE DANGER OF FALSE CONFIDENCE Hosea 8:2. _Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him_. THERE is not a mor...
ISRAEL SHALL CRY— _They shall cry._...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDETHE LORD'S LAMENT TEXT: Hosea 8:1-7 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespasse...
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. ISRAEL SHALL CRY UNTO ME, MY GOD, WE KNOW THEE - the singular, "my," is used distributively, each one so addressing God. They, in them hour of need,...
THE LONG-MERITED RETRIBUTION The enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will the...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 8 GOD IS ANGRY WITH ISRAEL BECAUSE SHE PRAYS TO *IDOLS V1 Put a *trumpet to your lips and warn people! An *eagle is over the *L...
Should be rendered, _To me they cry, My God, we know Thee, we Israel. _...
לִ֖י יִזְעָ֑קוּ אֱלֹהַ֥י יְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION Hosea 7:8; Hosea 8:1 Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two epigrams, short but of marvelous adequacy:-Hosea 7:8 "Ephraim-among the nations he...
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND Hosea 8:1-14 A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8; for seeking foreign alliances whi...
From this statement of the case the prophet turned to the pronouncement of judgment. This he did by adopting the figure of the trumpet lifted to the mouth, on which five blasts were sounded, in each o...
Israel shall (b) cry unto me, My God, we know thee. (b) They will cry like hypocrites, but not from the heart, as their deeds declare....
The Chapter opens with a command to someone, and it should seem most likely to be to the Prophet, to cry aloud, in a way of reproof and expostulation. The expression is not unlike that command to Isai...
The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
XI. HOSEA 8:7 (NASB) FOR THEY SOW THE WIND, AND THEY REAP THE WHIRLWIND......
By the Prophet saying, _To me shall they cry, _some understand that the Israelites are blamed for not fleeing to God; and they thus explain the Prophet’s words, “They ought to have cried to me.” It se...
In chapter 8 it is especially the daring and continual violation of the law of their God, with which Israel is openly reproached, and which would bring judgment, with eagle swiftness, upon them. Obser...
ISRAEL SHALL CRY UNTO ME, MY GOD, WE KNOW THEE. In their distress they shall cry to the Lord to help them, and have mercy on them, as they used to do when in trouble, Isaiah 26:16; when the eagle is c...
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Ver. 2. _Israel shall cry unto me_] It is their course and custom to do so; they will needs do it, though I take no delight in it. Hypocrisy is impuden...
_Israel shall cry unto me_ Namely, when calamities come upon them, _My God, we know thee_ Thou art our God in covenant with us, and we make profession of thy name, and own thee for the only true God:...
Israel shall cry unto Me, literally, "To Me will they cry," presuming upon the relation which had formerly obtained between Jehovah and them, MY GOD, WE KNOW THEE (we, Israel). But it is a dead knowle...
THE JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED...
1-4 When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we cannot say, My God, I love thee, s...
ISRAEL, the ten tribes, SHALL CRY in deep distress; when the Assyrian rangeth over their country, when Samaria is besieged, they will cry out aloud, but hypocritically; they will roar, but not pray. M...
Hosea 8:2 Israel H3478 cry H2199 (H8799) God H430 know H3045 (H8804) Hosea 5:15,...
‘To me they will cry, “O God of Israel, we know you.” Israel has cast off what is good, The enemy will pursue him. In its extremity Israel will then call out, ‘O God of Israel we know you'. They wo...
WHEN THE ENEMY DESCEND LIKE AN EAGLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BROKEN THE COVENANT AND CAST OFF WHAT IS GOOD, ISRAEL WILL CRY IN VAIN, ‘”O GOD OF ISRAEL WE KNOW YOU” (HOSEA 8:1). The present hopelessness of I...
Hosea 8:2 I. The prophet's language may justly be regarded as a distinct promise or prophecy on the part of God. He says, with that infinitude of meaning that all words truly spoken by Him must have:...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Sins denounced and captivity foretold. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who sow to the flesh must reap corruption. All the hopes of sinners are cheats, and...
Hosea 8:1. _Set the trumpet to thy mouth._ Give alarm, for the king of Assyria is coming; he is stretching his wings like an eagle to take the prey. Isaiah uses the same figure, in Isaiah 58:1. _Again...
_My God, we know Thee._ AGNOSTICISM An agnostic is not one who knows nothing, for some men who are embraced by this term are men of unusual mental attainments and ability. He is one who neither denie...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 8:1 The people of Israel may claim to know and love the Lord, but their deeds prove otherwise. ⇐ ⇔
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 8:2 Chapter Hosea 8:1 is a response to Israel’s CRY. It is untrue for the people of Israel to say they KNOW God (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 8:2. WE] Heb. joins Israel with the last clause, “_We know thee, we Israel_,” a plea of descent to move God to mercy; but hypocrisy, the cry of fear and not love. Dead knowledg...
EXPOSITION This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fall predicted. There is a close connection between the ver...
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 (Hsa Hosea 8:1). So God again is giving...
1 John 2:4; 2 Kings 10:16; 2 Kings 10:29; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 7:13;...
Shall cry — But not sincerely....