Hosea 8:1 meaning and explanation

Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Hosea 8:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Hosea, commanding a watchman to sound the ram's horn, the alarm for approaching danger. The eagle, a symbol of swift and powerful invasion, is Assyria, the empire that will soon fall on Israel.

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