Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Hosea 8:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
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Quick Meaning
This verse records Israel crying 'my God, we know you.'
Read It With
- Hosea 8:1-7
Read Hosea 8:2 with 8:1-7. This verse records Israel crying 'my God, we know you.' The complete unit establishes this movement: Israel cries 'we know you' while rejecting good, establishing rulers outside divine approval, manufacturing a calf, and sowing wind that yields whirlwind and swallowed harvest.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit answers a verbal claim to know God with political, cultic, and agricultural evidence that contradicts it. Within that movement, this verse records Israel crying 'my God, we know you.'
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“we know thee”
In plain language: a verbal knowledge claim contradicted by the unit's evidence
records Israel crying 'my God, we know you.' Religious recognition claims are tested by the conduct named before and after.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
Religious recognition claims are tested by the conduct named before and after.
How It Can Shape Life
- Evaluate confessions by covenant good and practice rather than words alone.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Hosea 8:1-7 — Trumpet, Illegitimate Rule, the Calf, and Wind-Sowing Expose False KnowledgeSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Hosea 8:1-7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Hosea
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew, morphology, syntax, names, wordplay, repetitions, and the base text for translation questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Hos.xml, 8:1-7
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Hosea with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, textual, grammatical, historical, rhetorical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Hosea PDF, printed pp. 1687-1688, translation and notes on 8:1-7
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