Hos 8:1 | TNotes | STEP | 8:1 Sound the alarm: The ram’s horn trumpet ( shofar ) called the people to worship (Ps 98:6 ); it was also (as here) the signal for battle (2 Sam 20:1 ). God was sending an enemy , the Assyrians, to execute his judgment on Israel. • revolted against my law: God’s law (Hebrew torah ) is much more than the sum of the individual laws in the Pentateuch. It represents the totality of God’s instruction to his people through his words and his deeds. Loving fulfillment of the Torah was Israel’s part of the covenant. They had broken God’s commandments, and they had turned aside from their covenant relationship with the Lord.

bPs 98:6►

c2 Sam 20:1►

‏ Hosea 8:1

8:1 ^a Sound the alarm: The ram’s horn trumpet (shofar) called the people to worship (Ps 98:6 ^b); it was also (as here) the signal for battle (2 Sam 20:1 ^c). God was sending an enemy, the Assyrians, to execute his judgment on Israel.

• revolted against my law: God’s law (Hebrew torah) is much more than the sum of the individual laws in the Pentateuch. It represents the totality of God’s instruction to his people through his words and his deeds. Loving fulfillment of the Torah was Israel’s part of the covenant. They had broken God’s commandments, and they had turned aside from their covenant relationship with the Lord.