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Hosea 8:6
For from Israelwas it also: the workman made it; therefore itis 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 thereofthat rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, yethat are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a godthat 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? whenshall it oncebe?

My anger burns against them.
This phrase indicates God's righteous indignation towards Israel's persistent idolatry and disobedience. The imagery of burning anger is used throughout the Old Testament to describe God's response to sin (Deuteronomy 32:22,Jeremiah 4:4). It underscores the seriousness of their transgressions and the impending judgment. God's anger is not capricious but a response to covenant unfaithfulness, as Israel was bound by the covenant at Sinai to worship Yahweh alone (Exodus 20:3-5).

How long will they be incapable of innocence?
This rhetorical question highlights Israel's stubbornness and inability to return to a state of purity and faithfulness. The term "innocence" suggests a return to covenantal faithfulness and moral integrity. The question implies a deep frustration with Israel's persistent sinfulness and unwillingness to repent. It reflects the prophetic call for repentance and the hope for restoration, as seen in other prophets like Isaiah (Isaiah 1:18) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 3:12-14). The phrase also points to the need for a transformation that ultimately finds fulfillment in the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, who offers true cleansing and restoration (Hebrews 9:14).

• God’s verdict is immediate: the golden calf—symbol of Northern Israel’s idolatry—stands condemned.1 Kings 12:28-30 recounts Jeroboam setting up calves at Bethel and Dan and expressly says, “this thing became a sin.” Hosea draws a straight line from that moment to his own day.

• “Rejected” tells us the worship was never acceptable, no matter how sincere the people thought they were (Exodus 32:4-8). The Lord does not negotiate on the first two commandments (Exodus 20:3-5).

• By naming Samaria (the capital), God addresses the whole northern kingdom. Public policy had promoted private sin; national religion had become national rebellion (Hosea 10:5;2 Kings 17:16-18).

• The handmade nature of the calf underscores its emptiness: “For a craftsman made it—it is not God” (Hosea 8:6).Isaiah 44:9-20 laughs at the absurdity of worshiping one’s own handiwork.

• Cross-reference reminders

–Deuteronomy 27:15—“Cursed is anyone who makes a carved idol.”

–Psalm 115:4-8—idols are silver and gold, but “those who make them become like them.”

• Divine anger is not a mood swing; it is His settled, holy response to sin.Deuteronomy 32:21 announces, “They made Me jealous by what is no god… so I will provoke them.”

• The phrase “burns” pictures active wrath already kindled. InHosea 8:7 the harvest of that fire is “the whirlwind.”

• God’s anger is relational; He is betrayed by a covenant people (Hosea 6:7).Amos 3:2 echoes, “You only have I known… therefore I will punish you.”

• New Testament harmony:Romans 1:18 affirms the consistency of God’s wrath “against all the ungodliness and wickedness of men.”

• Hope glimmers even here: wrath is declared so that repentance may follow (Jeremiah 3:12—“Return… for I am merciful”).

• “How long” reveals God’s patience stretched thin yet still pleading (Exodus 34:6). The question exposes the people’s stubbornness, not God’s reluctance to forgive.

• “Incapable of innocence” points to a moral inability formed by repeated choices.Jeremiah 13:23 asks, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin…? Then neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.”

• Innocence, biblically, is not naïveté but covenant faithfulness (Psalm 24:3-4). Israel’s idol worship forfeited that standing.

• Universal application:Psalm 14:2-3 andRomans 3:10-12 declare no one is righteous on his own. Only God can create the clean heart we lack (Psalm 51:10).

• Yet Hosea later promises such renewal: “I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them” (Hosea 14:4).

Hosea 8:5 confronts a nation enamored with a golden calf and announces God’s decisive rejection of their idol, the burning reality of His wrath, and the pressing question of their persistent guilt. The passage exposes the emptiness of man-made gods, affirms God’s righteous anger toward covenant unfaithfulness, and underscores humanity’s deep need for a purity only He can supply. Idolatry always invites judgment, but even in judgment God’s call to repent and be restored stands ready for any who will turn back to Him.

(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 . . .

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