Hos 8:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. kings ... not by me-- not with My sanction ( ; ). Israel set up Jeroboam and his successors, whereas God had appointed the house of David as the rightful kings of the whole nation. I knew it not-- I approved it not ( ). of ... gold ... idols-- ( ; ). that they may be cut off-- that is, though warned of the consequences of idolatry, as it were with open eyes they rushed on their own destruction. So , ; .

‏ Hosea 8:4

4. kings ... not by me--not with My sanction (1Ki 11:31; 12:20). Israel set up Jeroboam and his successors, whereas God had appointed the house of David as the rightful kings of the whole nation.

I knew it not--I approved it not (Psa 1:6).

of ... gold ... idols--(Ho 2:8; 13:2).

that they may be cut off--that is, though warned of the consequences of idolatry, as it were with open eyes they rushed on their own destruction. So Jr 27:10, 15; 44:8.