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Hosea 8:1

Covenant and promises
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.

2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
ASV
[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
DARBY
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
BLB
To your mouth [set] the shofar, as an eagle over the house of YHWH, because they have transgressed My covenant, and against My law they have rebelled.
ÅB
Sett basunen for din munn[^1]! - Som en ørn kommer fienden over Herrens hus, fordi de har brutt pakten med meg og forsyndet seg mot min lov.
OTB
Blås i trompeten!
Som en ørn kommer fienden mot Herrens hus,
Fordi de har brutt min pakt
Og trosset min lov.
B1930
Sett basunen for din munn! - Som en ørn kommer fienden over Herrens hus, fordi de har brutt pakten med mig og forsyndet sig mot min lov.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 6:7

    But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:49

    The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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  • Jeremiah 4:13

    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

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  • Hosea 5:8

    Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

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  • Habakkuk 1:8

    Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

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  • Hebrews 8:8–13

    But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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  • Zephaniah 1:16

    a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

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  • Matthew 24:28

    Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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