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Hosea 8:5-7
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5 I hate that calf-shaped idol.
    I am very angry with the people.
How long will they remain unclean?
6 The idol is something a craftsman made.
    It is not God.
Israel’s calf-shaped idol
    will surely be smashed to pieces.

7 “Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind.
    But they will harvest a whirlwind.
Her plans are like a stalk with no head of grain.
    It produces nothing.
Even if it produces something,
    other nations would eat it.

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Hosea 8:5-7
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5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(A)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(B)
6     They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.(C)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf(D) of Samaria.(E)

7 “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(F)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(G)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(H)

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