Hosea 8:2 Cross References - Leeser

² To me will they then cry, My God, we, Israel, know thee.

¹⁶ And he said, Come with me, and behold my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

²⁹ Nevertheless the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from in following them, namely, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

³⁴ When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God. ³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and the most high God their redeemer. ³⁶ Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him. ³⁷ For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant.

¹ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the spring of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel,—not in truth, nor in righteousness. ² For of the holy city they call themselves, and upon the God of Israel they stay themselves,—The Lord of hosts is his name.

⁴ But do not rely on the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, as they say.

¹⁵ I will go from here, and return to my place, till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my presence: in their affliction will they seek for me.

¹³ Woe unto them! for they have fled from me; destruction shall come unto them, because they have transgressed against me: though I desired to redeem them, they yet spoke lies against me. ¹⁴ And they cried not unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: for corn and new wine they assemble themselves, and they rebel against me.

¹¹ Her heads judge for bribes, and her priests teach for reward, and her prophets divine for money: and yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? evil cannot come over us.