Hosea - 8:4 Meaning
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
8:1-4 When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we cannot say, My God, I love thee, serve thee, and cleave to thee only?
“And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.”
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