Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
kings . . . not by me—not with My sanction (I Kings 11:31; I Kings 12:20). Israel set up Jeroboam and his successors, whereas God had appointed the house of David as the rightful kings of the whole nation.
I knew it not—I approved it not (Psalms 1:6).
of . . . gold . . . idols— (Hosea 2:8; Hosea 13:2).
that they may be cut off—that is, though warned of the consequences of idolatry, as it were with open eyes they rushed on their own destruction. So Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 44:8.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 8:4:
Isaiah 2:8
Isaiah 44:24-28
Isaiah 54:15
Hosea 2:8
Hosea 8:1
Hosea 8:6
Hosea 10:1
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