Hosea 8:6

For from Israel it came; The workman made it, and it is no God; Yea, into fragments shall the calf of Samaria be broken.

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In The King James Version

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

In Context

5An abomination is thy calf, O Samaria! Mine anger is kindled against them; How long will it be ere they can attain to purity!

7They have sown the wind, And they shall reap the whirlwind. They shall have no standing harvest; The ear shall yield no meal; If perchance it yield, strangers shall devour it.

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Cross References

Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;

Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

Jeremiah 10:3The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down, It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe,

Jeremiah 10:14Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge; By his image is every founder put to shame, For his molten-work is deceit; There is no breath in it.

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 →

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