Hos 8:4-7 | 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 .

a ch. 7:7; 1 Kgs. 12:20

b[2 Chr. 13:5]

c ch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28]

e[Jer. 13:27]

f[See ver. 5 above]

g[Mic. 1:6, 7]

i[ch. 10:12, 13]

j[ch. 7:9]

Hosea 8:4-7

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.
5 ^cI have ^{▼▼Hebrew He has} spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
^eHow long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
^fThe calf of Samaria
^gshall be broken to pieces. ^{▼▼Or shall go up in flames}
7 For ⁱthey sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
^jstrangers would devour it.