28 Therefore the king asked advice, (A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. (B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

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29 And he set up one in (A)Bethel, and the other he put in (B)Dan.

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Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
  2. Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you

For from Israel is even this:
A (A)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

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Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
  2. Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses

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