Hosea 8:14
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
רַקָּה
raqqâh
properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
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, a...
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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 h...
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.
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.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
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.
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 ...
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
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.
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