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Hosea 8:9 KJV
Hosea · chapter 8 · verse 9
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.Hosea 8:9 · King James Version
Hosea 8:9 in context
7For 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.
8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10Yea, 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.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- alonebâdadto divideH909 →
- hiredtânâhto presentH8566 →
- asspereʼthe onagerH6501 →
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It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14