Hos 8:4 | HCSB | STEP | They have installed kings , but not through Me. They have appointed leaders , but without My approval . They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction .

Hosea 8:4

4 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. ^{▼▼Lit themselves that it might be cut off}