Hosea 8:2
Good News Translation
Even though they call me their God and claim that they are my people and that they know me,

New Revised Standard Version
Israel cries to me, “My God, we—Israel—know you!”

Contemporary English Version
Israel, you say, "We claim you, the LORD, as our God."

New American Bible
They cry out to me, “My God! We know you!”

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.

Hosea 7:13,14 Woe to them, for they have departed from me: they shall be wasted because they have transgressed against me: and I redeemed them: and they have spoken lies against me. . . .

2 Kings 10:16,29 And said to him: Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So he made him ride in his chariot, . . .

Psalm 78:34-37 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning. . . .

Isaiah 48:1,2 Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice. . . .

Jeremiah 7:4 Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.

Micah 3:11 You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 25:11 But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.

Luke 13:25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

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

1 John 2:4 He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.

Context
Israel will Reap the Whirlwind
1Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law. 2They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.…
Cross References
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.

Psalm 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.

Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.

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

Hosea 8:1
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