Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet, &c. See Hosea 5:8. Compare Isaiah 58:1.

He shall come. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "[It (i.e. the threatened judgment)] is coming", &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92.

as. This is not merely comparison but assertion: i.e. swiftly. It is not the eagle that comes against the Temple. Compare Jeremiah 4:13.Habakkuk 1:8.

the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

transgressed. Hebrew. 'abar. App-44. Same word as in Hosea 6:7. not the same as in Hosea 7:13; Hosea 14:9.

My covenant... My law. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:13), where. like Alternation is found. App-92.

trespassed. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44 Israel shall cry, &c. Render: "to Me will they cry: 'My God,. we know Thee: Israel [knoweth Thee]".

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

we know Thee. Compare 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8 :54, John 8:55.Isaiah 29:13 (Matthew 15:8).