Hosea 8:8

“Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.”

"Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." - Hosea 8:8
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What does Hosea 8:8 mean?

Hosea 8:8 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." This verse is part of the Old Testament book of Hosea, which is a prophetic book attributed to the prophet Hosea. The book…

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The Disquieting Consequences of Turning Away: A Devotional on Hosea 8:8

In a world marked by shifting values and fleeting loyalties, the words of the Prophet Hosea resonate with an urgency that extends beyond the ancient context of Israel. The verse Hosea 8:8 speaks volumes about the consequences of turning away from God: "Israel is swallowed up…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Deliverance

O Lord, Almighty God, I come before You today, reflecting on the profound words of Hosea 8:8: "Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." Lord, how sobering it is to read how Your chosen people, Israel—whom You formed…

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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 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
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 8:2 - "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."
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."
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 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 8:5 - "¶ 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."
Hosea 8:4 - "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."
Hosea 8:1 - "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."
Hosea 10:8 - "The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us."
"Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee." - Hosea 8:2
"Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned." - Hosea 7:8
"Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him." - Hosea 8:3
Hosea 12:8 - "And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin."
Hosea 8:14 - "For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."
"¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son." - Hosea 1:8