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Hosea 8 — Sermon Preparation
Israel breaks the covenant, casts idols, and courts Assyria — by sowing the wind they will reap the whirlwind. Below is a research summary for Hosea 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 154 / 104
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Hosea 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תָּנָה | tânâh | H8566 | 2 | present, bargain with |
| זָנַח | zânach | H2186 | 2 | reject, forsake |
| עֵגֶל | ʻêgel | H5695 | 2 | calf, frisking |
| בָּלַע | bâlaʻ | H1104 | 2 | make away with, swallowing |
| זוּר | zûwr | H2114 | 2 | turn aside, be a foreigner |
| שֹׁמְרוֹן | Shômᵉrôwn | H8111 | 2 | Shomeron |
| אֶפְרַיִם | ʼEphrayim | H669 | 2 | Ephrajim |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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. 14. Et oblitus est Israel factoris sui, et aedificavit altaris: Juda autem multiplicavit urbes munitas: ego vero ignem emittam (et emittam ignem, ad verbum) in urbes ejus, et comedet (qui comedet, aut, vorabit) palatia ejus. Here the Prophet concludes his foregoing observations. It is indeed probable that he preached them at various times; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 8:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Hos 8:13
- Samaria 1— Hos 8:5
- Assyria— Hos 8:9
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