[a]He has rejected your (A)calf, Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (B)innocence?
For from Israel comes even this!
A (C)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Assuredly, the calf of Samaria will be broken to [b]pieces.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you
  2. Hosea 8:6 Or splinters

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)

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