Hosea 8:14 “Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied…”

Hosea 8:14

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

World English Bible

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”

American Standard Version

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and buildeth Temples, and Iudah hath increased strong cities: but I will sende a fire vpon his cities, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.

Darby Translation

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Young's Literal Translation

And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!

Bible in Basic English

For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.

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Cross references

“forgotten”

Deuteronomy 32:18 Hosea 13:6 Isaiah 17:10 Psalm 106:21 Jeremiah 2:32 Jeremiah 3:21

Deuteronomy 32:18 · BSB

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Isaiah 17:10 · BSB

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

Psalm 106:21 · BSB

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

Jeremiah 2:32 · BSB

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

Jeremiah 3:21 · BSB

A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

“Maker”

Ephesians 2:10 Isaiah 29:23 Isaiah 43:21

Ephesians 2:10 · BSB

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Isaiah 29:23 · BSB

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 43:21 · BSB

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

“and buildeth”

1 Kings 12:31 1 Kings 16:31

1 Kings 12:31 · BSB

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

1 Kings 16:31 · BSB

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

“and Judah”

2 Chronicles 26:10 2 Chronicles 27:4 Isaiah 22:8–11

2 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fer…

2 Chronicles 27:4 · BSB

He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

Isaiah 22:8–11 · BSB

He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

“I will send”

Jeremiah 17:27 Amos 2:5 Amos 1:10 Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 42:25 Amos 1:4

Jeremiah 17:27 · BSB

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of…

Amos 2:5 · BSB

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Amos 1:10 · BSB

So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

Isaiah 42:13 · BSB

The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

Isaiah 42:25 · BSB

So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Amos 1:4 · BSB

So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

Also

Hosea 2:13

Hosea 2:13 · BSB

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

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