Hosea 8:2-4

21st Century King James Version

²Israel shall cry unto Me, ‘My God, we know Thee!’

³Israel hath cast off the thing that is good; the enemy shall pursue him.

⁴They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made princes, and I knew it not. Of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

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Hosea 8:2-4

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²Israel cries out to me,
    ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
³But Israel has rejected what is good;
    an enemy will pursue him.^(A)
⁴They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.^(B)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols^(C) for themselves
    to their own destruction.

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