King James Version
Hosea 8:8 in the King James Version says “Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.”
Hosea 8:8 · KJV
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. stalk: or, standing corn
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. lovers: Heb. loves
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. sorrow: or, begin a: or, in a little while
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is swallowed up”
H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“now shall they be among the Gentiles”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“as a vessel”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
“wherein is no pleasure”
H2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
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