Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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2 Israel shall cry unto me, My Elohim, we know you.
3 Israel has cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5 your calf, O Samaria, has cast off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long ere they attain to innocency?
6 For from Israel it also: the workman made it; therefore it not Elohim: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.