Hosea 88HoseaGod's case against IsraelLXX2012 U. S. English

LXX2012 U. S. EnglishBerean Standard Bible

1. Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

2. 1ENGLXX20He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.BSBBSB: Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
3. 2ENGLXX20They shall soon cry out to me, saying, O God, we know you.BSBBSB: Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
4. 3ENGLXX20For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.BSBBSB: But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
5. 4ENGLXX20They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: of their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.BSBBSB: They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
6. 5ENGLXX20Cast off your calf, O Samaria; my anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?BSBBSB: He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
7. 6ENGLXX20Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; therefore your calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:BSBBSB: For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
8. 7ENGLXX20for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.BSBBSB: For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
9. 8ENGLXX20Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.BSBBSB: Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
10. 9ENGLXX20For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.BSBBSB: For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
11. 10ENGLXX20Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.BSBBSB: Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
12. 11ENGLXX20Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, his beloved altars are become sins to him.BSBBSB: Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
13. 12ENGLXX20I will write down a multitude of commands for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, even the beloved altars.BSBBSB: Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
14. 13ENGLXX20For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.BSBBSB: Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
15. 14ENGLXX20And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.BSBBSB: Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.