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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”

They made kings but not through me;
    they set up princes but without my knowledge.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.(A)
Your calf is rejected, O Samaria.
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?(B)
    For it is from Israel,
an artisan made it;
    it is not God.
The calf of Samaria
    shall be broken to pieces.(C)

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