Hosea 8:6
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
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2 Kings 23:19Moreover Josiah removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Bethel.
2 Chronicles 31:1And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Judah went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasseh, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.
Psalms 106:19Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, 1 And he saved them out of their distresses. 1
Psalms 135:15And overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea: 1 For his mercy endures forever. 1
Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:2-8
Sin and Punishment of Israel; Crimes Charged against Israel; Sottish Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 745.) 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord , because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they… Read the whole commentary →