Hosea 8:2

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 mentioned, as the title of honour (the kunya, comp. the commentators on Isaiah 44:5), given by Jehovah, which was the outward sign of His mystic connexion with His worshippers. The speech of the Israelites is the counterpart of that of Jehovah in Isaiah 43:1, -I have called thee by name; thou art mine." (The Septuagint and the Peshito, however, omit -Israel.") -My God" seems used distributively, each Israelite professes to feel his individual relation to the national God.