Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 8:4

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4. kings . . . not by me —not with My sanction ( 1 Kings 11:31 ; 1 Kings 12:20 ). Israel set up Jeroboam and his successors, whereas God had appointed the house of David as the rightful kings of the whole nation. I knew it not —I approved it not ( Psalms 1:6 ). of . . . gold . . . idols — ( Hosea 2:8 ; Hosea 13:2 ). that they may be cut off —that is, though warned of the consequences of idolatry, as it were with open eyes they rushed on their own destruction. So Jeremiah 27:10 ; Jeremiah 27:15 ; Jeremiah 44:8 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-hos-8-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/hos-8-4

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological