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Hosea 10:6-8
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Hosea 10:6-8
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6 Assyria's army will carry the idol away.[a]
It will be a gift to give honour to Assyria's great king.
Ephraim's people will feel ashamed.
They will be sorry that they trusted in their wooden idol.
7 The people of Samaria and their king will come to an end.[b]
They will be like a small stick that water carries away.
8 The wicked altars on the hills will break into pieces.[c]
These are places where Israel's people have done bad things.
Thorn bushes and weeds will grow all over their altars.
Then the people will say to the mountains, ‘Hide us!’
They will say to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’
Footnotes
- 10:6 Assyria's army will take the idol away when they win the war.
- 10:7 King Hoshea of Israel was put in a prison in 723 BC. See 2 Kings 17:1-6.
- 10:8 Assyria destroyed Samaria in 722 BC. Nobody built it again.
Hosea 10:6-8
New International Version
Hosea 10:6-8
New International Version
6 It will be carried to Assyria(A)
as tribute(B) for the great king.(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(D)
Israel will be ashamed(E) of its foreign alliances.
7 Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(F)
swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
8 The high places(G) of wickedness[a](H) will be destroyed—
it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(I) and thistles will grow up
and cover their altars.(J)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(K)
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(L)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
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