Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Israel cries out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’ New Living Translation Now Israel pleads with me, ‘Help us, for you are our God!’ English Standard Version To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.” Berean Standard Bible Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” King James Bible Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. New King James Version Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’ New American Standard Bible They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” NASB 1995 They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” NASB 1977 They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know Thee!” Legacy Standard Bible They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” Amplified Bible Then they will cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” Christian Standard Bible Israel cries out to me, “My God, we know you! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Israel cries out to Me,” My God, we know You!” American Standard Version They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. Contemporary English Version Israel, you say, "We claim you, the LORD, as our God." English Revised Version They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation They cry out to me, 'We acknowledge you as our God.' Good News Translation Even though they call me their God and claim that they are my people and that they know me, International Standard Version They cry out to me, 'God, we of Israel acknowledge you.' Majority Standard Bible Israel cries out to Me, ?O our God, we know You!? NET Bible Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" New Heart English Bible They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you.' Webster's Bible Translation Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know thee. World English Bible They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo Me they cry, My God, we—Israel—have known You. Young's Literal Translation To Me they cry, 'My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.' Smith's Literal Translation Israel shall cry to me, My God, we knew thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee. Catholic Public Domain Version They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.” New American Bible They cry out to me, “My God! We know you!” New Revised Standard Version Israel cries to me, “My God, we—Israel—know you!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey have called to me, saying, O our God, we know thee. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “To me they called and they said: ”We know you, our God!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Will they cry unto Me: 'My God, we Israel know Thee'? Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall soon cry out to me, saying, O God, we know thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel will Reap the Whirlwind1Put 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. 2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” 3But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.… Cross References Matthew 7:21-23 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. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. Jeremiah 7:4-11 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ / For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, / if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, ... Matthew 15:8-9 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” Luke 6:46 Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say? Romans 10:2-3 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. / Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” Amos 5:21-23 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. John 8:41-44 You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.” / Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me. / Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. ... Isaiah 48:1-2 “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness— / who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name. Matthew 25:11-12 Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’ / But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ Jeremiah 14:9-10 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us! / This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.” Ezekiel 33:31-32 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. / Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice. 2 Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! Isaiah 58:2-3 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. Treasury of Scripture Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know you. Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. Hosea 7:13,14 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me… 2 Kings 10:16,29 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot… Jump to Previous Acknowledge Cries Cry Help IsraelJump to Next Acknowledge Cries Cry Help IsraelHosea 8 1. Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.Israel cries out to Me This phrase highlights the desperate plea of the nation of Israel to God. The Hebrew root for "cries out" is "זָעַק" (za'aq), which conveys a sense of urgent, loud calling or shouting for help. Historically, this reflects Israel's cyclical pattern of turning to God in times of distress, often after a period of rebellion or idolatry. The act of crying out signifies a recognition of their need for divine intervention, yet it also implies a superficiality in their repentance, as their cries are not always accompanied by genuine change. ‘O our God,’ ‘We know You!’ Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc cries out יִזְעָ֑קוּ (yiz·‘ā·qū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly to Me, לִ֖י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew “O our God, אֱלֹהַ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative we know You!” יְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָ (yə·ḏa·‘ă·nū·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know Links Hosea 8:2 NIVHosea 8:2 NLT Hosea 8:2 ESV Hosea 8:2 NASB Hosea 8:2 KJV Hosea 8:2 BibleApps.com Hosea 8:2 Biblia Paralela Hosea 8:2 Chinese Bible Hosea 8:2 French Bible Hosea 8:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 8:2 They cry to me 'My God we (Ho Hs Hos.) |
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