Hosea 10:8
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8 The high places of (A)Aven, (B)the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
(C)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and (D)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
Luke 23:30
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30 (A)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
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Revelation 6:16
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16 (A)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of (B)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
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Isaiah 2:19
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19 (A)And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,[a]
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(B)when he rises to terrify the earth.
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- Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust
Hosea 9:6
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6 For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but (A)Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess (B)their precious things of silver;
(C)thorns shall be in their tents.
1 Kings 12:28-30
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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 Then (C)this thing became a sin, for the people went as far as Dan to be before one.[a]
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- 1 Kings 12:30 Septuagint went to the one at Bethel and to the other as far as Dan
Amos 8:14
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14 Those who swear by (A)the Guilt of Samaria,
and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (B)the Way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
they shall fall, and never rise again.”
Isaiah 32:13
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13 (A)for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
(B)yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
Micah 1:13
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13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of (A)Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
(B)the transgressions of Israel.
Micah 1:5
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5 All this is for (A)the transgression of Jacob
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
(B)What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it not (C)Samaria?
And what is (D)the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
Hosea 10:5
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for (A)the calf[a] of (B)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and (C)over its glory—
for it has departed[b] from them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Or calves
- Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
Hosea 10:2
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2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.
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- Hosea 10:2 Hebrew He
Hosea 4:13
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13 (A)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
and burn offerings on the hills,
(B)under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your brides commit adultery.
Isaiah 34:13
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13 (A)Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of (B)jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[a]
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- Isaiah 34:13 Or owls
2 Chronicles 34:5-7
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5 (A)He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And in the (B)cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[a] all around, 7 he broke down the altars and beat the (C)Asherim and the images (D)into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
2 Chronicles 31:1
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Hezekiah Organizes the Priests
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and (A)broke in pieces the (B)pillars and cut down (C)the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
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2 Kings 23:15
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15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected (A)by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (B)who made Israel to sin, (C)that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned,[a] reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.
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- 2 Kings 23:15 Septuagint broke in pieces its stones
1 Kings 14:16
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16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”
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1 Kings 13:34
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34 (A)And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, (B)so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
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1 Kings 13:2
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2 (A)And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, (B)Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”
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Deuteronomy 9:21
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21 Then (A)I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
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Revelation 9:6
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6 And in those days (A)people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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