Hosea 10:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷Their king will be carried off, like a chip of wood on water. ⁸^(A)The hilltop shrines of Aven,^[a] where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains, “Hide us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”

The Lord Pronounces Judgment on Israel

⁹^(B)The Lord says, “The people of Israel have not stopped sinning against me since the time of their sin at Gibeah.^[b] So at Gibeah war will catch up with them.

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Footnotes

Hosea 10:8 This name means “house of evil” or “house of idolatry” and in this passage refers to the city of Bethel, a name which means “house of God.” In verse 8, Bethaven is called Aven. See also 4.15 and 5.8.
Hosea 10:9 See 9.9.