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אֶל־חִכְּךָ֣ שֹׁפָ֔ר כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁר עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה יַ֚עַן עָבְר֣וּ בְרִיתִ֔י וְעַל־תֹּורָתִ֖י פָּשָֽׁעוּ׃ (Hosea 8:1) To your mouth: a trumpet. Like an eagle over the house of YHWH, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law. Trumpeting Judgment Against Betrayal Hosea 8:1 opens with a command that signals immediate divine judgment: “Put the shofar to your mouth!” The imagery of the shofar—a ram’s horn used in war, coronation, or sacred assembly—serves here as an alarm of covenantal crisis. What follows is a poetic description of an eagle (נֶּשֶׁר) swooping upon the house of YHWH, revealing that this is no ordinary trumpet blast: it is a summons to judgment due to breach of covenant and rejection of Torah.… Learn Hebrew