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I have[a] spurned your calf, O Samar′ia.
    My anger burns against them.
How long will it be
    till they are pure in Israel?[b]

A workman made it;
    it is not God.
The calf of Samar′ia
    shall be broken to pieces.[c]

For they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads,
    it shall yield no meal;
if it were to yield,
    aliens would devour it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:5 Heb He has
  2. Hosea 8:6 Gk: Heb for from Israel
  3. Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames

Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(A)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(B)
    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.(C)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf(D) of Samaria.(E)

“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(F)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(G)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(H)

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