Hosea 8:2 Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

◄ Hosea 8:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Israel cries out to me, 'Our God, we acknowledge you!'

English Standard Version
To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.”

New American Standard Bible
They cry out to Me, "My God, we of Israel know You!"

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel cries out to Me," My God, we know You!"

International Standard Version
They cry out to me, 'God, we of Israel acknowledge you.'

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.

Darby Bible 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.'

Cross References

Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.

Psalm 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled on their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Hosea 8:3
Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:1-4 When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we cannot say, My God, I love thee, serve thee, and cleave to thee only?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. My God, we know thee—the singular, "My," is used distributively, each one so addressing God. They, in their hour of need, plead their knowledge of God as the covenant-people, while in their acts they acknowledge Him not (compare Mt 7:21, 22; Tit 1:16; also Isa 29:13; Jer 7:4). The Hebrew joins "Israel," not as English Version, with "shall cry," but "We, Israel, know thee"; God denies the claim thus urged on the ground of their descent from Israel.