15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the [a]high place (A)which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:15 A place for pagan worship

The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.
The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King (C)Jareb.
Ephraim shall receive shame,
And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

As for Samaria, her king is cut off
Like a twig on the water.
Also the (D)high places of [c]Aven, (E)the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
(F)They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
  2. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests
  3. Hosea 10:8 Lit. Idolatry or Wickedness

14 Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

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15 Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
Because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel
Shall be cut off utterly.

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“Come(A) to Bethel and transgress,
At (B)Gilgal multiply transgression;
(C)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
(D)Your tithes every three [a]days.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:4 Or years, Deut. 14:28

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