Hosea 8:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Hosea 8:4

2 ^aIsrael will cry to Me,
‘My God, ^bwe know You!’

3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.

4 “They^a set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.

5 Your¹ calf is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
^aHow long until they attain to innocence?

6 For from Israel is even this:
A ^aworkman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

7 “They^a sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
^bAliens would swallow it up.

8 ^aIsrael is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
^bLike a vessel in which is no pleasure.

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Interlinear Bible for Hosea 8:4:

They
hem (#1992) have set up kings,
malak (#4427) but not
lo' (#3808) by
min (#4480) me: they have made princes,
sarar (#8323) and I knew
yada` (#3045) it not:
lo' (#3808) of their silver
keceph (#3701) and their gold
zahab (#2091) have they made
`asah (#6213) them idols,
`atsab (#6091) that
ma`an (#4616) they may be cut off.
karath (#3772)

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