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They cry out to me,
    “My God! We know you!”
But Israel has rejected what is good;
    the enemy[a] shall pursue him.

[b]They made kings, but not by my authority;
    they established princes, but without my knowledge.
With their silver and gold
    they made idols for themselves,
    to their own destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:3 Enemy: Assyria.
  2. 8:4 Hosea is not against the monarchy, but against the conspiracies at the royal court (see note on 7:3–7). The king should be chosen by God (1 Kgs 19:15–16).