Hosea 10:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 The king of Samaria will float away
like a flimsy twig drifting on the water.
8 The high places of Aven will be destroyed,
the shrines where Israel sinned.
Thorns and thistles shall flourish
and cover their altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
9 Since the days of Gibeah,
you have sinned, O Israel,
and there you have remained.
Did not war overtake
the evildoers in Gibeah?
Hosea 10:7-9
New International Version
7 Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(A)
swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
8 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)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
- Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken
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