They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the (k) LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
(k) Saying that they offer it to the Lord, but he accepts no service which he himself has not appointed.
Verse Hosea 8:13. _THEY SACRIFICE FLESH_] Bp. _Newcome_ translates thus: "They sacrifice gifts appointed unto me, and eat flesh." They offer to their idols the things which belong to Jehovah; or, whil...
THEY SACRIFICE FLESH FOR THE SACRIFICES OF MINE OFFERINGS, AND EAT IT; BUT THE LORD ACCEPTETH THEM NOT - As they rejected God’s law, so God rejected their “sacrifices,” which were not offered accordin...
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)...
ISRAEL'S UNSANCTIFIED NATIONAL LIFE. Man-made kings, like man-made gods (the calf of Samaria), are impotent; Israel sows the wind and shall reap the whirlwind; the sources of the national life are wit...
THEY SACRIFICE FLESH, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:21.Zechariah 7:6. OFFERINGS. sacrificial gifts. Hebrew. _habhabim._ Occurs only here. EAT IT. that they may eat it [as common food]. BUT. One school...
_They sacrifice_, &c. Rather, MY SACRIFICIAL GIFTS THEY SACRIFICE; (YEA,) FLESH, AND THEY EAT IT; i.e., their sacrifices are a mere form, Jehovah abhors them; the only positive result is that the sacr...
The judgment is already begun; Israel has drawn it upon himself, by dallying with Assyria, by religious abuses, and by a vain confidence in fortified cities....
_ISRAEL HAD FORGOTTEN HER MAKER -- HOSEA 8:12-14:_ Israel could not claim ignorance as a reason for her failure to obey God. His "instructions for sacrifices were written in detail, but you ignored th...
TEXT: Hosea 8:8-14 8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath h...
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. THEY S...
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...
The rendering should be, _though I write for him a multitude of my precepts._ The tense “I write” is imperfect, and represents the continuous process — the prophetic teaching as well as the ancient Mo...
THEY SACRIFICE FLESH... — Should be, “They sacrifice the sacrifices of my gifts — flesh, and eat it.” Clear reference to the Mosaic institute. Ye shall go back to Egypt, says the prophet, and there le...
זִבְחֵ֣י הַבְהָבַ֗י יִזְבְּח֤וּ בָשָׂר֙ וַ יֹּאכֵ֔לוּ...
2. ARTIFICIAL KINGS AND ARTIFICIAL GODS Hosea 8:4 The curse of such a state of dissipation as that to which Israel had fallen is that it produces no men. Had the people had in them "the root of the m...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
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...
_Egypt, to escape the Assyrian, chap. ix. 3. (Calmet) --- They have imitated the Egyptian idols. (St. Jerome) --- Osee had applied to their king for aid, 4 Kings xvii. 4._...
Here is a very striking passage in these words of the Lord, and is as suited to all ages as to the age of Israel. The Lord saith, that the great things he wrote to Israel were counted by them strange...
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......
Interpreters think that the Israelites are here derided because they trusted in their own ceremonies, and that their sacrifices are reproachfully called flesh. But we must see whether the words of the...
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...
THEY SACRIFICE FLESH [FOR] THE SACRIFICES OF MINE OFFERINGS, AND EAT [IT],.... Or, "as to the sacrifices mine offerings" or "gifts, they sacrifice flesh, and eat it" o; these sacrifices, which, accor...
They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. Ver....
_They sacrifice flesh, &c., and eat it, but the Lord accepteth them not_ They offer sacrifices indeed, but their sacrifices are not acceptable to God, not being offered with a pious and devout mind. D...
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of Mine offerings and eat it, intending it as a burnt offering; the Lord, however, looks upon it as a slaughtered animal, not as a sacrifice in His honor, becau...
A FURTHER THREAT OF JUDGMENT...
FOR THE SACRIFICE OF MINE OFFERINGS: Or, in the sacrifices of mine offerings, they etc....
11-14 It is a great sin to corrupt the worship of God, and will be charged as sin on all who do it, how plausible soever their excuses may seem to be. The Lord had caused his law to be written for th...
THEY SACRIFICE; or, As for sacrifices, my gifts, so some, taking the words absolute and in apposition, read them, and perhaps they are plainer and closer connected with the former when so taken. I hav...
Hosea 8:13 sacrifices H2076 (H8799) offerings H1890 sacrifice H2077 flesh H1320 eat H398 (H8799) LORD H3068 accept...
‘As for the sacrifices of my offerings, They sacrifice flesh and eat it, But YHWH does not accept them, Now will he remember their iniquity, And visit their sins, They will return to Egypt. And e...
BECAUSE ISRAEL HAVE DESERTED YHWH AND LOOKED TO OTHERS, (BOTH NATIONS AND GODS), IN SPITE OF HAVING RECEIVED HIS ABUNDANT INSTRUCTION, HE WILL DESERT THEM AND THEY WILL RETURN TO EGYPT AND SEE THEIR C...
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...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 8:1 The people of Israel may claim to know and love the Lord, but their deeds prove otherwise. ⇐ ⇔
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 8:11. MANY] Israel should only have one altar (Deuteronomy 12:3; Deuteronomy 12:5). TO SIN] Altars made by them should be the source of their punishment; they shall go where t
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 Corinthians 11:20; 1 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:22;...
They shall return — Many shall fly from the Assyrian into Egypt....