A moment in scripture
Hosea 8:4
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They have set up kings, but not by me: 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.
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The surrounding passage
- Hosea 8:2
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
- Hosea 8:5
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
- Hosea 8:6
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.