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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.
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.
Samaria and her king float away,
    like a twig on the water.
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!”

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The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the [a](A)calf of (B)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its (C)idolatrous priests [b]will cry out over it,
Over its (D)glory, since it has left it.
The thing itself will be brought to (E)Assyria
As a gift of tribute to [c](F)King Jareb;
Ephraim will [d]be (G)seized with shame,
And Israel will be ashamed of its (H)own plan.
Samaria will be (I)destroyed with her king,
Like a twig on the surface of the water.
Also the (J)high places of Aven, the (K)sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
(L)Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;
Then they will (M)say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 As in some ancient versions; MT calves
  2. Hosea 10:5 Or who used to rejoice over
  3. Hosea 10:6 Another reading is the great king; or the contentious king
  4. Hosea 10:6 Lit receive shame