They 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.
Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(C)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(D)
    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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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. Hosea 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off
  2. Hosea 8:5 Lit calf