King James Version
Hosea 8:5 in the King James Version says “Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to inno...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?”
Hosea 8:5 · KJV
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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.
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
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.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. stalk: or, standing corn
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“Thy calf”
H5695a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e., a steer)
“is kindled”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
“thee off mine anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
“against them how long will it be ere”
H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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