Hosea 10:5-8
World English Bible
5 The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven;
for its people will mourn over it,
Along with its priests who rejoiced over it,
for its glory, because it has departed from it.
6 It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king.
Ephraim will receive shame,
and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
7 Samaria and her king float away,
like a twig on the water.
8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed.
The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars.
They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”
Hosea 10:5-8
International Standard Version
5 “The residents of Samaria will be terrified
because of the cows[a] of Beth-aven.
Its people will mourn over Beth-aven,[b]
along with the priests who will mourn its glory,
because that glory has departed.[c]
6 Indeed, that glory[d] will be carried to Assyria—
it will become a present for an avenging king.[e]
Ephraim will be disgraced,
and Israel will become ashamed of its decision.
7 Samaria’s king will float away
like driftwood on the surface of water.
8 Destroyed will be the high places of Aven,
that are the sin of Israel.
Both thorn and thistle will grow up over their altars.
They will call out to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’
and to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 I.e. Canaanite heifer deities
- Hosea 10:5 Lit. it
- Hosea 10:5 The Heb. verb depart is similar to the Heb. verb mourn
- Hosea 10:6 Lit. Indeed, it
- Hosea 10:6 Cf. 2Kings 15-16; 2Chr 28:19-20
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