Hos 8:5-6 | NET2full | STEP | O Samaria , he has rejected your calf idol . My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished , even though they are Israelites !

‏ Hosea 8:5-6

5 O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol.
My anger burns against them!
They will not survive much longer without being punished, ^{▼▼tn Heb “How long will they be able to be free from punishment?” This rhetorical question affirms that Israel will not survive much longer until God punishes it.}
even though they are Israelites!
6 That idol was made by a workman—it is not God!
The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

‏ Hosea 8:5-6

The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile