28 So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God[a] who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:28 Or here are your gods

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.(A)

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20 Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.(A)

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She does not recognize(A)
that it is I who gave her the grain,(B)
the new wine, and the oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.

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They have installed kings,(A)
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold(B)
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off

19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.

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