Hosea 8:5
New International Version
Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

New Living Translation
“O Samaria, I reject this calf— this idol you have made. My fury burns against you. How long will you be incapable of innocence?

English Standard Version
I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Berean Standard Bible
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

King James Bible
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

New King James Version
Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them— How long until they attain to innocence?

New American Standard Bible
He has rejected your calf, Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

NASB 1995
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

NASB 1977
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Legacy Standard Bible
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Amplified Bible
He has rejected your [pagan] calf, O Samaria, saying, “My wrath burns against them.” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Christian Standard Bible
Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

American Standard Version
He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Contemporary English Version
City of Samaria, I'm angry because of your idol in the shape of a calf. When will you ever be innocent again?

English Revised Version
He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Get rid of your calf-shaped idol, Samaria. My anger burns against these people. How long will they remain unclean?

Good News Translation
I hate the gold bull worshiped by the people of the city of Samaria. I am furious with them. How long will it be before they give up their idolatry?

International Standard Version
Your calf, Samaria, has been thrown away. My anger is burning against them. How long until they become pure again?

Majority Standard Bible
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

NET Bible
O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

New Heart English Bible
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol. My anger burns against them. How long will it be until they are capable of purity?

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?

World English Bible
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your calf has cast off, O Samaria, "" My anger has burned against them; Until when are they not capable of purity?

Young's Literal Translation
Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy calf rejected, O Shomeron; mine anger was kindled against them: how long shall they not be able to be clean?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed ?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?

New American Bible
He has rejected your calf, Samaria! My wrath is kindled against them; How long will they be incapable of innocence in Israel?

New Revised Standard Version
Your calf is rejected, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
They have been led astray by your calf, O Samaria; my anger is kindled against them; how long will it be before they can be declared innocent?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They have strayed by your calf, Samaria, and my anger was provoked against them; how long are they unable to be innocent?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; How long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Israel will Reap the Whirlwind
4They 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. 5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? 6For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.…

Cross References
1 Kings 12:28-30
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Deuteronomy 9:16
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

1 Kings 14:9
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

2 Chronicles 11:15
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

Isaiah 31:7
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. / They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

Ezekiel 20:7-8
And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ / But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

Amos 5:26
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

Acts 7:41
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

Romans 1:23
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Corinthians 10:7
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”


Treasury of Scripture

Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?

calf.

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 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

mine.

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

2 Kings 17:16-18,21-23
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal…

how.

Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Jeremiah 13:27
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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Hosea 8
1. Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.














He has rejected
The phrase "He has rejected" indicates a divine action of disapproval and dismissal. In the Hebrew text, the word used is "zanach," which conveys a strong sense of casting away or spurning. This rejection is not merely passive but an active decision by God to distance Himself from the idolatrous practices of Israel. Historically, this reflects God's consistent call for His people to remain faithful to Him, rejecting any form of idolatry or syncretism that would lead them away from the covenant relationship established at Sinai.

your calf, O Samaria
The "calf" refers to the golden calf idol that was set up in Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This idol was a direct violation of the first and second commandments, which prohibited the making of graven images and the worship of other gods. The Hebrew word for calf, "egel," is reminiscent of the golden calf incident in Exodus 32, highlighting a recurring sin of idolatry among the Israelites. Samaria, as the political and religious center, symbolizes the heart of Israel's apostasy. Archaeological findings in the region have uncovered evidence of idol worship, corroborating the biblical narrative of widespread idolatry.

My anger burns against them
The phrase "My anger burns" uses the Hebrew word "charah," which means to be hot, furious, or to burn with anger. This anthropomorphic expression conveys God's intense displeasure and righteous indignation towards Israel's unfaithfulness. In the context of the covenant, God's anger is not arbitrary but a response to the betrayal of His people, who have turned to idols despite His continuous acts of deliverance and provision. This divine anger serves as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing God's holiness and justice.

How long will they be incapable of innocence?
The rhetorical question "How long" expresses God's lament over Israel's persistent sinfulness and inability to return to a state of innocence or purity. The Hebrew word for innocence, "niqqayon," implies a state of blamelessness or moral purity. This question underscores the patience and longsuffering of God, who desires repentance and restoration rather than judgment. It reflects the prophetic call for Israel to recognize their sin, abandon their idols, and return to a faithful relationship with God. The historical context reveals a nation entrenched in idolatry and corruption, yet still offered the opportunity for redemption through genuine repentance.

(5) Thy calf . . . hath cast thee off.--Rather, is loathsome, Nothing can exceed the scorn of this outburst. The last clause should be rendered, How long are ye unable to attain purity? The attribution of consuming fire to God is not peculiar to the prophet. (Comp. Hebrews 12:29.)

Verse 5. - Thy calf, O Samaria, hath east thee off; mine anger is kindled against them. This portion of the verse has occasioned much diversity of translation and exposition, and yet the general meaning is much the same.

(1) In the translation

(a) of the Authorized Version the word "thee" is supplied; others

(b) supply "me," meaning Jehovah, thus, "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast me off;" while . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He has rejected
זָנַח֙ (zā·naḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2186: Reject, forsake, fail

your calf,
עֶגְלֵ֣ךְ (‘eḡ·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5695: A, calf, one nearly grown

O Samaria.
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel

My anger
אַפִּ֖י (’ap·pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

burns
חָרָ֥ה (ḥā·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

against them.
בָּ֑ם (bām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

How long will they be
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

incapable
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

of innocence?
נִקָּיֹֽן׃ (niq·qā·yōn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5356: Clearness


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