12 Therefore in that day the Lord [a]God of hosts called you to (A)weeping, to wailing,
To (B)shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (C)gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
(D)Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the [a](A)calf of (B)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its (C)idolatrous priests [b]will cry out over it,
Over its (D)glory, since it has departed from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 So with some ancient versions; Heb calves
  2. Hosea 10:5 Or who used to rejoice over