“Put the Shofar to Your Mouth”: Prophetic Alarm and Covenant Violation in Hosea 8:1
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…