Hosea 8:1-14

8:1-2 | Hosea prophesied that when Assyria came like an eagle to attack Israel, the people would say, My God, we know You, despite having so divided their loyalties among other gods.

8:4-6 | The calf of Samaria (Israel’s idols) would be broken to pieces for the people’s failure to trust and worship God alone. Even in their choice of kings, they did not acknowledge God.

8:7-14 | These images illustrate Israel’s neglect of God and futile reliance on idols and fortified cities. Because of sinful sowing, they would reap the whirlwind of an Assyrian attack (Prov. 22:8).