NET Bible
"O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!"
— Hosea 8:5, NET Bible
“Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?”
“He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? ”
“Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?”
“Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?”
“I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?”
“Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?”
Israel cries out to me,“My God, we acknowledge you!”
But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
That idol was made by a workman– it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.