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The inhabitants of Samaria are afraid
    for the calf of Beth-aven;[a]
Its people mourn for it
    and its idolatrous priests wail over it,
    —over its glory which has departed from it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5 The calf of Beth-aven: see note on 4:15.

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).