Hosea 8:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Israelites chose their kings, but they didn’t come to me for advice. They chose leaders, but they didn’t choose men I knew. The Israelites used their silver and gold to make idols for themselves, so they will be destroyed.

Cross References

Hosea 13:2

Now the Israelites sin more and more. They make idols for themselves. Workers make those fancy statues from silver, and then they talk to their statues. They offer sacrifices to them, and they kiss those calf idols.

Hosea 2:8

“Israel didn’t know that I, the Lord, was the one who gave her grain, wine, and oil. I kept giving her more and more silver and gold, but she used this silver and gold to make statues of Baal.

1 Kings 16:31

It was not enough for Ahab to commit the same sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had done. Ahab also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Then Ahab began to serve and worship Baal.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know the true God. Really, though, it is God who knows you. So why do you turn back to the same kind of weak and useless rules you followed before? Do you want to be slaves to those things again?

John 10:14

“I am the shepherd who cares for the sheep. I know my sheep just as the Father knows me. And my sheep know me just as I know the Father. I give my life for these sheep.

1 Kings 12:28

So the king asked his advisors what to do. They gave him their advice, and King Jeroboam made two golden calves. He said to the people, “You don’t have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore. Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of Egypt.”

Luke 13:27

Then he will say to you, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from? Get away from me! You are all people who do wrong!’

Luke 13:25

If a man locks the door of his house, you can stand outside and knock on the door, but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from?’

Matthew 25:12

“But the bridegroom answered, ‘Certainly not! I don’t even know you.’

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw away all the terrible idols with which you committed your crimes! Change your heart and spirit. People of Israel, why should you do things that will cost you your life?

1 Kings 13:34

This is the sin that caused the ruin and destruction of his kingdom.

Jeremiah 16:20

Can people make real gods for themselves? No, they can only make statues that are not really gods.”

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold idol made that was 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide. Then he set the idol up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Hosea 8:3

But Israel refused the good things, so the enemy chases him.

Hosea 13:1

“The tribe of Ephraim made itself very important in Israel. Ephraim spoke and people shook with fear. But Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal, so he must die.

Hosea 13:11

I was angry, and I gave you a king. And when I became very angry, I took him away.