Hosea 8:4

They have set up melachim, but not from Me; 1 they have made sarim (princes), and I knew it not; 1 of their kesef and their zahav 1 have they made them atzabim (idols), 1 that they may be cut off. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 made them idols, that they may be cut off.

In Context

3Yisroel hath cast off the thing that is tov; 1 the oyev (enemy) shall pursue him. 1

5Thy egel (calf-idol), O Shomron, I am casting off; 1 Mine anger is kindled against them; 1 how long will they be incapable of nikkayon (innocency, freedom from punishment)? 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 12:28Whereupon HaMelech took counsel, and made two eglei zahav (calves of gold), and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim; hinei, eloheicha, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.

1 Kings 16:31And it came to pass, as if it had not been enough for him to walk in the chattot Yarov'am Ben Nevat, he even took as isha Izevel Bat Etba'al Melech Tzidonim, and went and served Ba'al, and worshiped him.

Jeremiah 44:7Therefore now thus saith Hashem Elohei Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Why commit ye this ra'ah gedolah against your nefashot, to cut off from you ish and isha, olel (child) and yonek (infant), out of Yehudah, to leave you no she'erit (remnant);

Hosea 2:8Therefore, hinei, I will hedge up thy path with thorns, 1 and wall in her wall, 1 that she shall not find her netivah (way). 1

Hosea 13:9O Yisroel, thou art destroyed; 1 because thou art against Me, thine Ezer (Help). 1

Luke 13:25After the Baal Bayit gets up and shuts the delet, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the delet, saying, Adoneinu, open up for us! And in reply, he will say to you, I do not have daas of you; from where are you from?

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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