Hosea 8:4

“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.”

"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
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What does Hosea 8:4 mean?

"Hosea 8:4 (KJV) - 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." The book of Hosea is one of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament and is attributed to the…

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Heavenly Father, As I come before you in prayer today, I am reminded of your Word from Hosea 8:4, which says, "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."…

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Hosea 8:4 - "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."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
"They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity." - Hosea 4:8
Hosea 8:8 - "Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 8:3 - "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."
Hosea 7:8 - "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 1:8 - "¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son."
Hosea 8:2 - "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."
Hosea 8:11 - "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."
Hosea 8:6 - "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."
Hosea 8:9 - "For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."
Hosea 8:12 - "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 9:8 - "The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
"Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." - Hosea 8:8
Hosea 5:8 - "Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin."
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Hosea 8:10 - "Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes."
"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." - Hosea 6:8
"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17
Hosea 2:8 - "For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal."