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title: "Commentary on Hosea"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 80 of 86
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/80/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Hosea, section 80. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/80/"
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# Commentary on Hosea

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Hosea, the prophet of a faithful God and an unfaithful people.

## 80. Chapter 8

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/80/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/80/#p-N

[¶0] 1 To thy mouth the trumpet! As an eagle, against the house of Jehovah; For they have transgressed my covenant, And against my law have they acted perfidiously.

[¶1] 2 To me will Israel exclaim, “My God, we have known thee,”

[¶2] 3 Israel has cast good far away; — The enemy will closely pursue him:

[¶3] 4 They have caused to reign, but not by me; Dominion have they set up, but I knew not; Of their silver and their gold they have made for themselves idols; They shall therefore be cut off.

[¶4] 5 Cast thee far away has thy calf, O Samaria! — Kindled has my fury against them: How long will they not bear cleanness?

[¶5] 6 For even from Israel it is; The artificer has made it, and it is no god; For in fragments shall be the calf of Samaria.

[¶6] 7 Surely the wind they sow, and the tempest they shall reap; There is no stalks — the grain will produce no flour; If indeed it will produce, strangers will devour it.

[¶7] 8 Devoured is Israel, — now shall he be among the Gentiles, Like a vessel in which there is no delight:

[¶8] 9 For they went up to Assyria, like a solitary wild ass; — Ephraim hired lovers:

[¶9] 10 Though they have hired among the nations, I will now gather them; And they shall grieve a little under the burden of the king and princes.

[¶10] 11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars to sin, Altars for sinning shall be to him.

[¶11] 12 I have written for him the precious things of my law; As something strange have they been accounted.

[¶12] 13 For sacrifices of burnt-offerings they offer flesh, and eat; Jehovah will not regard it as acceptable: He will now remember their iniquity, He will visit their wickedness; — To Egypt shall they return.

[¶13] 14 For Israel has his Maker forgotten, and built altars: Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire on his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.