Hos 8:4, 9:8, 13:10-11 | ESV | STEP | They made kings , but not through me. They set up princes , but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction .

Hosea 8:4

4 ^aThey made kings, ^bbut not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.

Hosea 9:8

8 The prophet is ^cthe watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet ^da fowler’s snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.

Hosea 13:10-11

10 ^eWhere now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom ^fyou said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 ^gI gave you a king in my anger,
and ^hI took him away in my wrath.