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(A)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their (B)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That [a]they might be cut off.
[b]He has rejected your (C)calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (D)innocence?
For from Israel is even this!
A (E)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:4 Lit he
  2. Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you

They have installed kings,(A)
but not through me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without my approval.
They make their silver and gold(B)
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.[a]
Your calf-idol[b](C) is rejected, Samaria.(D)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?(E)
For this thing is from Israel—
a craftsman made it,(F) and it is not God.
The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off
  2. 8:5 Lit calf