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The people from Samaria worship the calves at Beth Aven.[a] They will cry. The priests will cry, because their beautiful idol is gone. It was carried away. It was carried away as a gift to the great king of Assyria. He will keep Ephraim’s shameful idol. Israel will be ashamed of its idol.[b] Samaria’s false god[c] will be destroyed. It will be like a piece of wood floating away on the water’s surface.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven A name meaning “House of Evil.” It is a wordplay on the name “Bethel,” a name meaning “House of God.” There was a temple in this town.
  2. Hosea 10:6 idol Or “advice.”
  3. Hosea 10:7 false god Or “king.”

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