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Until when are they not capable of purity?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For even it [is] of Israel; a craftsman made it, "" And it [is] not God, "" For the calf of Samaria is fragments!<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For wind they sow, and a windstorm they reap, "" Stalk it has none—a shoot not yielding grain, "" If so be it yield—strangers swallow it up.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Israel has been swallowed up, "" Now they have been among nations, "" As a vessel in which is no delight.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they have gone up [to] Asshur, "" A wild donkey alone by himself [is] Ephraim, "" They have hired lovers!<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Also though they hire among nations, "" Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, "" From the burden of a king of princes.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, "" They have been to him altars to sin.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I write for him numerous things of My law, "" As a strange thing they have been reckoned.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sacrifices of My offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, "" YHWH has not accepted them, "" Now He remembers their iniquity, "" And inspects their sin, "" They return [to] Egypt.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Israel forgets his Maker, and builds temples, "" And Judah has multiplied cities of defense, "" And I have sent a fire into his cities, "" And it has consumed their palaces!”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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