(A)They made kings, (B)but not through me.
    They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.

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They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.(A)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols(B) for themselves
    to their own destruction.

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They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

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For now they will say:
    (A)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
    and a king—what could he do for us?”

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Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”

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For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

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