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Hosea 8:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 8:4

Verse 4 of 14

Scripture focus

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.

Hosea 8:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 8:4

Theological / Devotional

Set up kings. A reference to the godless usurpers who assassinated their royal predecessors to make way for themselves to seize the throne (see on ch. 7:7). Not by me. That is, divine direction did not guide their conduct, which was disobedient, and so without God’s sanction. They made them idols. The apostate people had used their silver and gold to make idols, and to support idolatrous worship (see 1 Kings 12:26-28; Isa. 40:19; Jer. 10:1-4). Be cutoff. The result of this idolatry is that these images will themselves be destroyed in the ruin of the kingdom.

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