(A) Din kalv[a] är förkastlig, Samaria.
        Min vrede är upptänd mot dem.
    Hur länge ska de vara oförmögna
        till renhet?

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Footnotes

  1. 8:5 Din kalv   Nordrikets avgudabild i form av en guldkalv (se 1 Kung 12:28f, jfr 2 Mos 32:4f).

Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
  2. Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you

Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(A)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(B)

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