1 Sound the trumpet, sentry! Warn the people of Yahweh because they have broken my covenant and are unfaithful to my Law.
2 They cry to me, "We, Israel, acknowledge you, O God."
3 But Israel rejected what is right and this is why the enemy will hunt them down.
4 Without my approval they set up kings and without my blessing appointed leaders. With their silver and gold they fashioned idols to their own ruin.
5 To me, Samaria, your calf is loathsome and my anger blazes against you. How long will you remain defiled?
6 The calf is yours, Israel, a craftsman has made it; it is not God and will be broken into pieces.
7 As they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind. Like the erect ear of corn they will bear no grain and produce no flour, or if they do, foreigners will devour it.
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9 Israel lived apart as a wild donkey, but he was eaten up. Now they are among pagans as a worthless object. Ephraim went to Assyria with gifts.
10 Now they have been given up to the nations and I shall gather them. For in no time they have been left with no prophets, or kings, or leaders.
11 Ephraim built many altars but his altars made him more guilty.
12 I wrote out for him the numerous precepts of my Law, but they look on them as coming from foreigners.
13 They offer sacrifices to me because they are those who eat the meat, but Yahweh does not accept their sacrifices for he is mindful of their sin and remembers their wickedness. They will return to Egypt.
14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, but I will set fire to their towns and burn their palaces.
Versículos relacionados com Hosea, 8:
Hosea 8 describes how the people of Israel rebelled against God, rejecting the divine laws and statutes in favor of human leaders and false gods. Following are five verses from other parts of the Bible that relate to the topics addressed in Hosea 8.
Deuteronomy 8:19-20: "If you divert, worshiping and following other gods, I declare them today that you will surely be destroyed ... You will be eliminated as the nations that the Lord has destroyed before you, for not obeying the Lord , your God. " This excerpt highlights the importance of faithfully following God and not deviating to worship other gods, or suffer serious consequences.
Exodus 20:3: "You will not have other gods before me." This commandment emphasizes the exclusivity of worship of God, and how wrong it is to put other entities at the same level as the Creator.
Jeremiah 2:13: "My people have committed two sins: They abandoned me the source of living water, and dug their own cisterns, cracked cisterns that do not retain water." This verse illustrates how foolish and useless it is to look for unsatisfactory water sources and neglect the true source of life in God.
2 Kings 17:15: "They rejected their statutes and the pact they had made with their ancestors, and the warnings he had given. They followed false idols and became false in themselves, following the neighboring nations that the Lord had expelled from before them. " This passage describes how the people of Israel moved away from God's way and became the pagan nations around them.
Jeremiah 7:4: "Do not trust misleading words, saying, 'This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!'" This verse highlights the importance of not relying only on places of worship or religious rituals External, but in a personal relationship with God.
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