Hosea 8:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Hosea 8:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Jeremiah 7:4
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Topics

Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling Falsehood Friends

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

The reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (Hos. 8:1), thus to call a solemn assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take warning by it. He must sound an alarm, must, in God’s name, proclaim war with this rebellious nation. An enemy is coming with speed and fury to seize their land, and he must awaken th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. My God, we know thee--the singular, “My,” is used distributively, each one so addressing God. They, in their hour of need, plead their knowledge of God as the covenant-people, while in their acts they acknowledge Him not (compare Mt 7:21, 22; Tit 1:16; also Is 29:13; Jr 7:4). The Hebrew joins “Israel,” not as English Version, with “shall cry,” but “We, Israel, know thee”; God denies the claim t…