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·Israel [L Samaria; v. 5] will be destroyed;
    its king will be like a ·chip of wood [twig] floating on the water.
The ·places of false worship [L high places of wickedness; or high places of Aven; v. 5; 4:15] will be destroyed,
    the places where Israel sins.
Thorns and ·weeds [thistles] will grow up
    and cover their altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
    and to the hills, “Fall on us! [Luke 23:30; Rev. 6:16]

“Israel, you have sinned since the ·time [L days] of Gibeah [9:9; Judg. 19–21],
    and ·the people there have continued sinning [L there they have remained; or there they took their stand].
·But war will surely overwhelm [L Did not war overtake…?] them in Gibeah,
    because of the evil they have done there.

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Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(A)
    swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
The high places(B) of wickedness[a](C) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(D) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(E)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(F)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(G)

“Since the days of Gibeah,(H) you have sinned,(I) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[b]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
  2. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken