Hosea 10:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴Israel, you break treaties
and don't keep promises;
you turn justice
into poisonous weeds
where healthy plants should grow.^[a]

⁵All who live in Samaria tremble
with concern for the idols^[b]
    at sinful Bethel.^[c]
The idol there was the pride
    of the priests,
but it has been put to shame;
    now everyone will cry.
⁶It will be taken to Assyria
    and given to the great king.
Then Israel will be disgraced
    for worshiping that idol.

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Footnotes

10.4 you turn … grow: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
10.5 idols: The Hebrew text has “calves,” referring to the idols made in the shape of calves.
10.5 sinful Bethel: See the note at 4.15.