Hosea 10:6-8

The Voice

⁶ The wretched idol will be taken to Assyria and given to the great king.
    Ephraim will be disgraced;
    Israel will be ashamed because of this king’s counsel.
⁷ Samaria and her king will be cut off,
    carried away like a twig on the swirling waters.
⁸ The wicked high places where Israel’s people sinned will be destroyed;
    thorns and thistles will cover their once-proud altars.
People will beg the mountains, “Surround us!”
    They’ll plead with the hills, “Cover us!”^[a]