The Meaning of Hosea 8:8 Explained

Hosea 8:8

KJV: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

YLT: Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

Darby: Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

ASV: Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 8:8?

MEANING: What does Hosea 8:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 8:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hosea 8:8?

What is the context of Hosea 8:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.

What does Hosea 8:8 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prophet looked ahead to the time of Israel"s judgment. The nation would be swallowed up, as when someone eats grain ( Hosea 8:7). Israel would become a part of the nations having gone into captivity and lost its own sovereignty and even its identity. It would be like an earthenware pot that no one wanted because it was broken (cf. Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38).

Context Summary

Hosea 8:1-14 - Reaping The Whirlwind

A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8; for seeking foreign alliances which could bring only oppression in their train, Hosea 8:9-10; and for multiplying altars and fortresses which were destined to be destroyed, Hosea 8:11; Hosea 8:14. The circumstances referred to in this chapter seem to point to the reigns of Menahem and Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Chronicles 26:6-15.

Hosea 8:5 is very striking. Israel had renounced Jehovah for the likeness of a calf, and now in the misfortunes which had overtaken them, their calf had cast them off. What is it that you are putting in the place of God? Power, wealth, the help of influential friends? Sooner or later it will fail you. How different is the One who perpetually encourages us, saying, "I will not fail nor forsake thee," and who promises to carry us to hoar hairs. The persistence with which Israel turned to other lovers left God no option but to put them back into a furnace such as Egypt had been, which would finally burn put their apostasy. Only when we walk before God with a perfect heart are we strong and happy. Once entangle yourself with expedients and alliances, and you lay yourself open to many sorrows. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 8

¹ Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry

What do the individual words in Hosea 8:8 mean?

Is swallowed up Israel now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel [is] no pleasure in which

נִבְלַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ הָי֣וּ בַגּוֹיִ֔ם כִּכְלִ֖י אֵֽין־ חֵ֥פֶץ בּֽוֹ

נִבְלַ֖ע	Is swallowed up
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בָּלַע Sense: to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
עַתָּה֙	now
Parse: Adverb Root: עַתָּה Sense: now.
הָי֣וּ	they are
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַגּוֹיִ֔ם	among the Gentiles
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people.
כִּכְלִ֖י	Like a vessel
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: כְּלִי Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
אֵֽין־	[is] no
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
חֵ֥פֶץ	pleasure
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֵפֶץ Sense: delight, pleasure.
בּֽוֹ	in which
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular

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