Israel shall [a]cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

They have set up a [b]king, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols: therefore shall they be destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:2 They shall cry like hypocrites, but not from the heart, as their deeds declare.
  2. Hosea 8:4 That is, Jeroboam by whom they sought their own liberty, and not to obey my will.

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