New American Standard Bible 2020

Hosea 8:4-6

4They have setH4427upH4427kingsH4427, but not by Me;They have appointedH8323officialsH8323,but I did not knowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045it. With theirsilverכַּסְפָּ֣םkas.PamH3701and goldוּזְהָבָ֗םu.ze.ha.VamH2091they have madeעָשׂ֤וּ'a.SuH6213idolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimH6091for themselves,Soלְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anH4616thatH4616they will be eliminatedיִכָּרֵֽת׃yi.ka.RetH3772.

5He has rejectedזָנַח֙za.NachH2186yourcalfעֶגְלֵ֣ךְ'eg.LekhH5695,Samariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, saying, “My angerאַפִּ֖י'a.PiH639burnsחָרָ֥הcha.RahH2734against them!”Howמָתַ֕יma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704will they beH3201incapableלֹ֥אlo'H3808 H3201ofinnocenceנִקָּיֹֽן׃ni.ka.YonH5356?

6For from Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478comeseven thisH1931! Acraftsmanחָרָ֣שׁcha.RashH2796madeעָשָׂ֔הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213it, so it is not Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430;AssuredlyH3588,the calfעֵ֖גֶל'E.gelH5695of Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111will be brokenH7616toH7616piecesH7616.

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