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.

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New International Version
Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”

New Living Translation
Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”

English Standard Version
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”

New American Standard Bible
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings.

NASB 1995
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

NASB 1977
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Amplified Bible
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces [and pagan temples], And Judah has built many fortified cities; But I will send a fire upon their cities so that it may consume their palaces and fortresses.

Christian Standard Bible
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Israel, I created you, but you forgot me. You and Judah built palaces and many strong cities. Now I will send fire to destroy your towns and fortresses.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The people of Israel have built palaces, and they have forgotten their maker. The people of Judah have built many fortified cities. I will send a fire on their cities and burn down their palaces."

Good News Translation
"The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities."

International Standard Version
"Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces. Judah has multiplied its fortified cities, but I will send fire to their cities, and it will consume their fortresses."

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.

New Heart 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."

Webster's Bible Translation
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified 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.”

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And Israel forgets his Maker, and builds temples, "" And Judah has multiplied cities of defense, "" And I have sent a fire into his cities, "" And it has consumed their palaces!”

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!

Smith's Literal Translation
And Israel will forget him making him, and he will build temples; and Judah multiplied fortified cities: and I sent a fire upon his cities and it will consume its palaces.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures.

New American Bible
Israel has forgotten his maker and has built palaces. Judah, too, has fortified many cities, but I will send fire upon his cities, to devour their strongholds.

New Revised Standard Version
Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Israel has forgotten The One who made him, and built temples, and Yehuda multiplied fortress cities. I shall set a fire in his city and it will devour her palaces

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Israel will Reap the Whirlwind
…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. 14Israel 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.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

Isaiah 9:10
“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

Amos 2:5
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 17:9-11
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. / They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

Ezekiel 16:24-25
you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. / At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

Micah 5:11
I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.

2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Lamentations 2:2
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Matthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Luke 19:44
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Romans 9:31-32
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

Treasury of Scripture

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

forgotten.

Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Deuteronomy 32:18
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

Psalm 106:21
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

Maker.

Isaiah 29:23
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

Isaiah 43:21
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

and buildeth.

1 Kings 12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

and Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

Isaiah 22:8-11
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest…

I will send.

2 Kings 18:13
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

Isaiah 42:13,25
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies…

Jeremiah 17:27
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

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Hosea 8

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

Berean Study Bible

For Israel has forgotten his Maker
The phrase "For Israel has forgotten his Maker" serves as a poignant reminder of the spiritual amnesia that had overtaken the nation of Israel. The Hebrew word for "forgotten" is "שָׁכַח" (shakach), which implies not just a lapse in memory but a willful neglect or disregard. This forgetfulness is not merely intellectual but deeply spiritual, indicating a severance from the covenant relationship with God. The term "Maker" (עֹשֶׂה, oseh) emphasizes God as the Creator and Sustainer, the One who formed Israel as a nation. Historically, Israel's forgetfulness is seen in their idolatry and reliance on foreign alliances, which were direct violations of their covenant with God. This phrase calls believers to remember and revere God as the source of life and blessing, urging a return to faithfulness and dependence on Him.

and has built palaces
The phrase "and has built palaces" reflects Israel's misplaced priorities and trust in human achievements. The Hebrew word for "palaces" is "הֵיכָל" (heikal), which can refer to grand buildings or temples. This construction of palaces symbolizes Israel's focus on material wealth and political power, often at the expense of spiritual fidelity. Archaeological findings reveal that during Hosea's time, Israel experienced economic prosperity, leading to the construction of luxurious buildings. However, these palaces were often built through alliances with pagan nations, further leading Israel away from God. This serves as a cautionary tale for believers to prioritize spiritual integrity over worldly success, recognizing that true security and prosperity come from God alone.

Judah has multiplied fortified cities
The phrase "Judah has multiplied fortified cities" highlights Judah's reliance on military strength rather than divine protection. The Hebrew word for "fortified" is "בָּצַר" (batsar), meaning to make inaccessible or secure. This multiplication of fortified cities indicates a strategy of self-reliance and defense against potential threats. Historically, this reflects a period of political instability and fear of invasion, leading Judah to trust in its own defenses rather than in God. This phrase challenges believers to examine where they place their trust, reminding them that no earthly fortification can substitute for the security found in God's protection and provision.

But I will send fire upon their cities
The phrase "But I will send fire upon their cities" is a declaration of divine judgment. The word "fire" (אֵשׁ, esh) in Hebrew often symbolizes God's purifying and destructive power. This imagery of fire conveys the severity and inevitability of God's judgment against Israel and Judah for their unfaithfulness. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled through the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions, which led to the destruction of cities and the exile of the people. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, urging believers to seek repentance and restoration before divine judgment falls.

and it will consume their citadels
The phrase "and it will consume their citadels" underscores the totality of the impending destruction. The Hebrew word for "consume" is "אָכַל" (akal), meaning to devour or destroy completely. "Citadels" (אַרְמוֹן, armon) refers to strongholds or fortified places, representing the last line of defense and security. This consumption signifies that no human effort or structure can withstand the judgment of God. Historically, the fall of these citadels marked the end of Israel and Judah's autonomy and the beginning of exile. For believers, this serves as a powerful call to place their ultimate trust in God, recognizing that only He can provide true and lasting security.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(14) Temples.--The word here used for temple is used sixty times for Jehovah's temple. The building of these temple-palaces was a distinct sin against the unity of the Godhead.

Judah hath multiplied fenced cities.--Referred to by Sennacherib, in the inscription relating to the campaign of 701 B.C. "Forty-six of his (Hezekiah's) strong cities, fortresses . . . I besieged, I captured." These were erected by Uzziah and Jotham (2Chronicles 26:10; 2Chronicles 27:4). With the allusions to Israel's temples (palaces) compare Amos 3:11; Amos 3:15.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

has forgotten
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח (way·yiš·kaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

his Maker
עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ (‘ō·śê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

and built
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

palaces;
הֵֽיכָל֔וֹת (hê·ḵā·lō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

Judah
וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (wî·hū·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

has multiplied
הִרְבָּ֖ה (hir·bāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

its fortified
בְּצֻר֑וֹת (bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose

cities.
עָרִ֣ים (‘ā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

But I will send
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ (wə·šil·laḥ·tî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

fire
אֵ֣שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

upon their cities,
בְּעָרָ֔יו (bə·‘ā·rāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and it will consume
וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

their citadels.
אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (’ar·mə·nō·ṯe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 759: A citadel

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