Hosea 8:1 ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 8:1

Hosea 8:1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth The Vulgate renders it, In guttere tuo sit tuba; that is, Let thy throat, or mouth, sound like a trumpet. God speaks in these words, says Grotius, to the prophet, and commands him to proclaim, with a very loud voice, both the sins of the people, and the evils about to come upon them. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord The words, he shall come, are not in the Hebrew, and seem to be improperly supplied by the translators;... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14

A rebellious kingdom (8:1-14)The people of Israel claim to know God, but they have broken their covenant with him and sinned against his law. God will use the Assyrian army (here symbolized by an eagle) to bring his punishment upon them (8:1-3). Their kings are not people appointed by God but traitors who murder to gain power. The centre of their religion is not God but the golden calves set up as idols in their cities (4-6; see 1 Kings 12:29-30).Israel’s foreign policy, besides being... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet, &c. See Hosea 5:8 . Compare 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 ). 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 .Habakkuk 1:8 . the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . transgressed. Hebrew. 'abar. App-44 . Same word as in Hosea 6:7 ; not the same... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 8:1

The shift of emphasis in this chapter is to the broken covenant between God and Israel, as outlined in the Decalogue and the entire Pentateuch. The long prior existence of the Decalogue and the whole law of Moses in written form is the stark background against which every line of Hosea is written. Nothing in the prophecy makes any sense at all without the situation provided by that background. In vain, the critics have attempted to get rid of the stern echoes of God's written covenant through... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 8:1

Hosea 8:1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth— Let the trumpet in thy mouth sound against the house of Judah. Houbigant. Hosea in this and the three following verses prophesies against Judah. Those who follow our interpretation suppose, that by the eagle here spoken of is meant Nebuchadnezzar. See Ezekiel 17:3. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:1

1. Set the trumpet, c.—to give warning of the approach of the enemy: "To thy palate (that is, 'mouth,' Job 31:30, Margin) the trumpet" the abruptness of expression indicates the suddenness of the attack. So Job 31:30- :. as . . . eagle—the Assyrian (Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Habakkuk 1:8). against . . . house of . . . Lord—not the temple, but Israel viewed as the family of God (Hosea 9:15; Numbers 12:7; Zechariah 9:8; Hebrews 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Peter 4:17). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 8:1

The Lord commanded Hosea to announce coming judgment by telling him to put a trumpet to his lips. The blowing of the shophar announced that an invader was coming (cf. Hosea 5:8). Israel’s enemy would swoop down on the nation as an eagle attacking its prey (cf. Hosea 5:14; Deuteronomy 28:49). The "house of the LORD" refers to the people of Israel, His household. The reason for this judgment was Israel’s transgression (overstepping) of Yahweh’s covenant (the Mosaic Covenant) and the nation’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 8:1-7

Making idols 8:1-7 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1-14

The Long-merited RetributionThe enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will they appeal to Jehovah.1. RM ’The trumpet to thy mouth! As an eagle against the house of the Lord.’2. RV ’They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.’ They use the name Israel with its sacred associations, as an inducement to God to help them. 3. Israel] Hosea answers their appeal by saying... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 8:1

(1) Eagle.—The image of swiftness (Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40). So Assyria shall come swooping down on Samaria, to which Hosea, though with some irony, gives the name “House of Jehovah,” recognising that the calf was meant to be symbolic in some sense of Israel’s God. (See, however, Note on Hosea 9:15.) read more