“They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.”
The condemnation that Israel has set up kings without God and appointed princes without God's knowledge suggests that Israel's political institutions have been established and maintained without reference to divine will or covenant guidance. The making of idols from silver and gold indicates the material investment in false worship alongside the political autonomy. This verse criticizes both Israel's assumption of political independence from God and their construction of material representations of false gods.
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