“Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 8 contains 14 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.