Hosea 8:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ They have installed kings, but not through me. They have appointed leaders, but without my approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; they have made princes or removed them [without consulting Me; therefore], I knew and recognized [them] not. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, that they [the silver and the gold] may be destroyed.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁴ They set up kings, but not through me; they chose princes, but without my knowledge. With silver and gold they crafted idols for their own destruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.

Hosea 8:4 Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods  who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’

1 Kings 13:34

This was the sin that caused the house of Jeroboam to be cut off and obliterated from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 16:31

Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not enough, he married Jezebel,  the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,  and then proceeded to serve Baal and bow in worship to him.

Jeremiah 16:20

Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.  Why should you die, house of Israel?

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue,  27 metres high and 2.7 metres wide.  He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke,  there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal  and died.

Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in my anger and take away a king in my wrath.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skilfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, ‘Let the men who sacrifice  kiss the calves.’

Hosea 2:8

She does not recognise that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal.

Hosea 8:3

Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

Matthew 25:12

‘He replied, “Truly I tell you, I don’t know you! ”

Luke 13:25

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.   Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, “Lord, open up for us! ” He will answer you, “I don’t know you or where you’re from.”

Luke 13:27

But he will say, “I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me,   all you evildoers! ”

John 10:14

‘I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,

Galatians 4:9

But now, since you know God,  or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless  elements?  Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?