Also the (A)high places of Aven, the (B)sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
(C)Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;
Then they will (D)say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.

30 Then they will begin to (A)say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

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30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8

And in those days (A)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death [a]will flee from them!

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression)

During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(A)

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