World English Bible
Hosea 8:6
“For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.”
Verse in context — Hosea 8
They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn't approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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