Hosea 8:2

“Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.”

"Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee." - Hosea 8:2
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What does Hosea 8:2 mean?

"Hosea 8:2 (KJV) - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off." The book of Hosea is one of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, and it is attributed to…

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The Resounding Cry of Israel: A Call to Authentic Relationship

In the book of Hosea, we witness the tumultuous relationship between God and His people, Israel. Hosea 8:2 states, ‘Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.’ This verse encapsulates a profound expression of Israel's acknowledgment of God, but it also hints at the…

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A Cry for Understanding and Recognition

O God, the Eternal One, whose presence fills the heavens and the earth, we come before You today with heavy hearts and pleading spirits, prompted by the profound truth encapsulated in Hosea 8:2: "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee." Heavenly Father, we recognize that…

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Hosea 8:2 - "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."
Hosea 2:8 - "For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal."
Hosea 8:8 - "Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 1:2 - "The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD."
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 8:3 - "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."
Hosea 7:8 - "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
Hosea 1:8 - "¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son."
Hosea 8:11 - "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."
Hosea 8:6 - "For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."
Hosea 8:9 - "For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."
Hosea 8:12 - "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Hosea 9:8 - "The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."
"Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." - Hosea 8:8
Hosea 5:8 - "Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin."
Hosea 8:10 - "Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes."
"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." - Hosea 6:8
Hosea 1:2-11;2:14;3:5
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
"For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal." - Hosea 2:8
Hosea 2:1 - "Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah."
Hosea 2:22 - "And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel."
Hosea 8:5 - "¶ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"
Hosea 8:7 - "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up."
"They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity." - Hosea 4:8
Hosea 8:13 - "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."