(A)They cry out to Me,
“My God, (B)we of Israel know You!”
Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
(C)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their (D)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That [a]they might be cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:4 Lit he

Israel cries out to me,
    ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
But Israel has rejected what is good;
    an enemy will pursue him.(A)
They 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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