Hosea 8
- 1Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and sinned against my law.
- 2Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know you.
- 3Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
- 4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I did not know it: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
- 5Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off. My anger burns against them: how long will it be before they attain to innocency?
- 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it. Therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk. The bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the foreigners shall swallow it up.
- 8Israel is swallowed up: now they shall be among the Gentiles as a pot that no one wants.
- 9For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.
- 10Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now I will gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
- 11Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.
- 12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- 13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it. But the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their wrongdoing, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
- 14For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples. And Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour its palaces.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Hosea 8 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVSet 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.
GIGAKJVSet the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and sinned against my law.
KJVIsrael shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
GIGAKJVIsrael shall cry to me, My God, we know you.
KJVIsrael hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
GIGAKJVIsrael has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
KJVThey 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.
GIGAKJVThey have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I did not know it: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
KJVThy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
GIGAKJVYour calf, O Samaria, has cast you off. My anger burns against them: how long will it be before they attain to innocency?
KJVFor from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
GIGAKJVFor from Israel was it also: the workman made it. Therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk. The bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the foreigners shall swallow it up.
KJVIsrael is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
GIGAKJVIsrael is swallowed up: now they shall be among the Gentiles as a pot that no one wants.
KJVFor they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
GIGAKJVFor they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.
KJVYea, 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.
GIGAKJVYes, though they have hired among the nations, now I will gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
KJVBecause Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
GIGAKJVBecause Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.
KJVThey 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.
GIGAKJVThey sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it. But the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their wrongdoing, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples. And Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour its palaces.
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