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but now they are sinning more and more,
    crafting idols from melted silver.
Their idols are made with the most exacting skill,
    all of it the work of craftsmen.
People[a] say about them,
    ‘They offer human sacrifice,
        and kiss calf-shaped idols.’[b]
Therefore they will be like morning clouds,
    like early morning dew that evaporates,
like chaff blown away from the threshing floor,
    or like smoke from a chimney.”[c]

The Lord is Israel’s God

“I am the Lord your God
    from the land of Egypt,
and you have known no god except for me,
    because except for me there is no savior.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Lit. They
  2. Hosea 13:2 Lit. kissing calves
  3. Hosea 13:3 Or window