Hosea 7:9

7:9 Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, ¹ 

but he does not recognize it!

His head is filled with gray hair,

but he does not realize it!

Hosea 8:6

8:6 That idol was made by a workman – it is not God!

The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

[7:9]  ¹ tn Heb “foreigners consume his strength”; NRSV “devour (sap NIV) his strength.”