Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,(A)
idols skillfully made from their silver,(B)
all of them the work of craftsmen.(C)
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice[a] kiss the calves.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:2 Or “Those who make human sacrifices

Now they sin more and more;
    they make(A) idols for themselves from their silver,(B)
cleverly fashioned images,
    all of them the work of craftsmen.(C)
It is said of these people,
    “They offer human sacrifices!
    They kiss[a](D) calf-idols!(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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