Hosea 10:4-8

New American Standard Bible

⁴ They speak mere words,
^[a]With ^(A)worthless oaths they make covenants;
And ^(B)judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the ^[b](C)calf of ^(D)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its ^(E)idolatrous priests ^[c]will cry out over it,
Over its ^(F)glory, since it has left it.
⁶ The thing itself will be brought to ^(G)Assyria
As a gift of tribute to ^[d](H)King Jareb;
Ephraim will ^[e]be ^(I)seized with shame,
And Israel will be ashamed of its ^(J)own plan.
⁷ Samaria will be ^(K)destroyed with her king,
Like a twig on the surface of the water.
⁸ Also the ^(L)high places of Aven, the ^(M)sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
^(N)Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;
Then they will ^(O)say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”