They have set up kings, but not by me.
They have made princes, and I didn’t approve.
Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols,
that they may be cut off.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 8:4 in context
Hosea 8:1–7
1
“Put the trumpet to your lips!
Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house,
because they have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2
They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’
3
Israel has cast off that which is good.
The enemy will pursue him.
4
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They have set up kings, but not by me.
They have made princes, and I didn’t approve.
Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols,
that they may be cut off.
5
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!
My anger burns against them!
How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
6
For this is even from Israel!
The workman made it, and it is no God;
indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7
For they sow the wind,
and they will reap the whirlwind.
He has no standing grain.
The stalk will yield no head.
If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
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