Hosea 8:6
4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
- KJV
- For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- WEB
- For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- ASV
- For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- DARBY
- For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
- BLB
- For it [is] from Israel. A workman made it, and it [is] not God. Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
- ÅB
- For et verk av Israel er den, en kunstner har gjort den, og den er ikke noen gud; ja, til splinter skal den bli Samarias kalv.
- OTB
- For fra Israel kommer til og med dette!
En håndverker laget den, så den er ikke Gud;
Sannelig, Samarias kalv vil bli knust. - B1930
- For et verk av Israel er den, en kunstner har gjort den, og den er ikke nogen gud; ja, til splinter skal den bli Samarias kalv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Read in contextJeremiah 10:3–9
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:14
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Read in contextPsalms 106:19–20
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:9–20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Read in contextPsalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Read in contextActs 19:26
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
Read in contextJeremiah 43:12–13
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
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