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Hosea 10:5-8
New Living Translation
Hosea 10:5-8
New Living Translation
5 The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for their calf idol at Beth-aven,[a]
and they mourn for it.
Though its priests rejoice over it,
its glory will be stripped away.[b]
6 This idol will be carted away to Assyria,
a gift to the great king there.
Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed,
because its people have trusted in this idol.
7 Samaria and its king will be cut off;
they will float away like driftwood on an ocean wave.
8 And the pagan shrines of Aven,[c] the place of Israel’s sin, will crumble.
Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars.
They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!”
and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”
Hosea 10:5-8
English Standard Version
Hosea 10:5-8
English Standard Version
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.
6 (D)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to (E)the great king.[c]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed (F)of his idol.[d]
7 (G)Samaria's king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of (H)Aven, (I)the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
(J)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and (K)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Or calves
- Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
- Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
- Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
Hosea 10:5-8
New International Version
Hosea 10:5-8
New International Version
5 The people who live in Samaria fear
for the calf-idol(A) of Beth Aven.[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
and so will its idolatrous priests,(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
because it is taken from them into exile.(D)
6 It will be carried to Assyria(E)
as tribute(F) for the great king.(G)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(H)
Israel will be ashamed(I) of its foreign alliances.
7 Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(J)
swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
8 The high places(K) of wickedness[b](L) will be destroyed—
it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(M) and thistles will grow up
and cover their altars.(N)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(O)
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(P)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
- Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
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