Hosea 8:4-6

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⁴ My people chose kings to rule them,
but they did not ask me about it.
They chose people to lead them, but I did not agree.
They used their silver and their gold
to make idols for themselves.
But that will destroy them in the end.
⁵ People of Samaria, you have made an image of a calf as your idol.^[a]
But I hate that idol!
I am very angry with the Israelites.
How much longer will it be before I have to punish them?
⁶ That idol is not a true god!
An Israelite worker with special skills made it.
Samaria's idol of a calf will break into pieces!