Hosea 8:2 “Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!””

Hosea 8:2

Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Israel shall crie vnto me, My God, we know thee.

Darby Translation

They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

To Me they cry, 'My God, we — Israel — have known Thee.'

Bible in Basic English

They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.

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Cross references

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

Matthew 7:21 Titus 1:16 2 Kings 10:16 2 Kings 10:29 Psalm 78:34–37 Jeremiah 7:4

Matthew 7:21 · BSB

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Titus 1:16 · BSB

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

2 Kings 10:16 · BSB

saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.

2 Kings 10:29 · BSB

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

Psalm 78:34–37 · BSB

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

Jeremiah 7:4 · BSB

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

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

In context

1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

3But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

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