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They have set up kings, but not by me; [a]they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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  1. Hosea 8:4 Or, they have removed them

They appointed kings, but not through me;
    they made officials, but without my knowledge.
With their silver and gold
    they made idols for themselves
        for their[a] own destruction.[b]
Your calf is rejected,[c] O Samaria;
    my anger burns against them.
How long[d] will they be incapable of innocence?
    Because it is from Israel,
an artisan made it,
    it is not a god;
for the calf of Samaria
    will be broken to pieces.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:4 Hebrew “his”
  2. Hosea 8:4 Literally “cut off”
  3. Hosea 8:5 Hebrew “he rejects” or “has rejected you”
  4. Hosea 8:5 Hebrew “Until when”