Hosea 8:4 References

4 aThey have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their bsilver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.

b Hosea 2:8, Hosea 13:1, Hosea 13:2


Hosea 2

8 "For she does anot know that it was bI who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal.

Hosea 13

1 aWhen Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He bexalted himself in Israel, But through cBaal he did wrong and died.

Hosea 13

2 And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves amolten images, Idols bskillfully made from their silver, All of them the cwork of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the dcalves!"