Hosea 8:4-6

New International Version

⁴They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.^(A)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols^(B) for themselves
    to their own destruction.
⁵Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!^(C)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?^(D)
⁶    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.^(E)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf^(F) of Samaria.^(G)

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Hosea 8:4-6

English Standard Version

⁴^(A)They made kings, ^(B)but not through me.
    They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.
⁵^(C)I have^[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
    My anger burns against them.
^(D)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
⁶For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
    it is not God.
^(E)The calf of Samaria
    ^(F)shall be broken to pieces.^[b]