Bible verse
For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
Hosea 8:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 8.
2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
KJV
For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
ASV
For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
ERV
For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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