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O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol.
My anger burns against them!
They will not survive much longer without being punished,[a]
even though they are Israelites!
That idol was made by a workman—it is not God!
The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:5 tn Heb “How long will they be able to be free from punishment?” This rhetorical question affirms that Israel will not survive much longer until God punishes it.

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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