29 However, (A)as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the (B)golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.

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16 They forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even (A)two calves, and (B)made an [a]Asherah and (C)worshiped all the host of heaven and (D)served Baal.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:16 I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deity

(A)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their (B)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That [a]they might be cut off.
[b]He has rejected your (C)calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (D)innocence?
For from Israel is even this!
A (E)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to [c]pieces.
For (F)they sow the wind
And they reap the (G)whirlwind.
The standing grain has no [d]heads;
It yields (H)no [e]grain.
Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:4 Lit he
  2. Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you
  3. Hosea 8:6 Or splinters
  4. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
  5. Hosea 8:7 Or meal