Hosea 5:8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Cross-references
Hosea 10:9 again points to the sin from the days of Gibeah — tying the warning here to that long-standing corruption.
In Hosea 10:5, Beth-aven is linked to calf idols. Hosea 5:8's alarm in Beth-aven thus signals judgment for this persistent sin.
In Hosea 10:5, the calves of Beth-aven show it as a center of calf worship. The alarm in 5:8 calls judgment for that idolatry.
Hosea 9:9 recalls the deep corruption of Gibeah (Judges 19) — the same location mentioned here — showing why judgment is deserved.
In Hosea 4:15, Beth-aven is warned against as an idolatrous site. Hosea 5:8 raises alarm there, linking judgment to that sin.
Hosea 8:1 again uses the trumpet image — this time to announce judgment like an eagle coming — reinforcing the alarm call here.
In Judges 19:12-15, Gibeah is where the Levite is refused hospitality, leading to atrocity. This history explains why Hosea sounds alarm there for judgment.
Jeremiah 6:1 echoes this very alarm — addressing Benjamin, blowing the trumpet in specific towns — warning of destruction from the north.
In Isaiah 10:29, Gibeah, Ramah, and Geba are listed in an Assyrian invasion. This parallels Hosea's alarm with a historical judgment context.
In 1 Kings 12:29, Bethel becomes the site of Jeroboam's golden calf—Hosea's 'Beth-aven' (house of wickedness) puns on this idolatry.
In Judges 20:4-6, the Levite details the Gibeah crime that sparked civil war. This event grounds Hosea's alarm in Gibeah as a call to judgment.
In Judges 19:13, Gibeah and Ramah are lodging stops—here they become the starting points for the alarm call to Benjamin.
In Amos 3:6, the trumpet's blast brings fear of disaster—both prophets use it as a symbol of impending judgment.
Zephaniah 1:16 uses the same trumpet-and-alarm imagery to announce the day of the Lord, reinforcing the urgency of the warning in Hosea.
Jeremiah 4:5 gives a parallel trumpet call — warning Judah to flee to fortified cities as judgment approaches.
In Joshua 18:12, Beth-aven marks Benjamin's border—this verse uses the same place to specify the alarm location.
Joel 2:1 also commands a trumpet alarm — but for the coming day of the LORD, a broader eschatological warning.