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Hosea 8:5

American Standard Version

He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

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Hosea 8:5 in other translations

Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!
My anger burns against them!
How long will it be until they are capable of purity?

Hosea 8:5 · World English Bible

Hosea 8:5 in context

  1. 3Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
  2. 4They 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.
  3. 5He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
  4. 6For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  5. 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.