--- title: "Hosea 8 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Hosea 8 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 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 agains" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/8" --- [ Read](/kjv/hosea/8)[ Commentary](/study/hosea/8)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/hosea/8) Audio 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.* 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off *the thing that is* good: the enemy shall pursue him. 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. 5 ΒΆ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast *thee* off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long *will it be* ere they attain to innocency? 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. 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.* 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein *is* no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.* 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.** 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, *but* they were counted as a strange thing. 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.* 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. [Hosea 7](/study/hosea/7) [Hosea 9](/study/hosea/9) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Set the trumpet, &c.** See [Hosea 5:8](/kjv/hosea/5/8) . Compare [Isaiah 58:1](/kjv/isaiah/58/1) . **He shall come.** Supply the *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) thus: "[It (i.e. the threatened judgment)] is coming", &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:49](/kjv/deuteronomy/28/49) ). App-92 . **as.** This is not merely comparison but assertion: i.e. swiftly. It is not the eagle that comes against the Temple. Compare [Jeremiah 4:13](/kjv/jeremiah/4/13) .[Habakkuk 1:8](/kjv/habakkuk/1/8) . **the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **transgressed.** Hebrew. *'abar.* App-44 . Same word as in [Hosea 6:7](/kjv/hosea/6/7) ; not the same as in [Hosea 7:13](/kjv/hosea/7/13) ; [Hosea 14:9](/kjv/hosea/14/9) . **My covenant . . . My law.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:13](/kjv/deuteronomy/4/13) ), where a like Alternation is found. App-92 . **trespassed.** Hebrew. *pasha'* . App-44 Israel shall cry, &c. Render: "to Me will they cry: 'My God, ' we know Thee: Israel [knoweth Thee]". **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **we know Thee.** Compare [2 John 1:8](/kjv/2-john/1/8); [2 John 1:8](/kjv/2-john/1/8) :54 , [John 8:55](/kjv/john/8/55) .[Isaiah 29:13](/kjv/isaiah/29/13) ([Matthew 15:8](/kjv/matthew/15/8) ). ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/8#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/8#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/8","name":"Hosea 8 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/8#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Hosea 8 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. 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