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Hosea 10:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!” "

Hosea 10:8

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6 It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.

7 Samaria and her king float away like a twig on the water.

8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”

9 “Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah.

10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions.

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Hosea 10:1

"Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones."

Hosea 10:2

"Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones."

Hosea 10:3

"Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?”"

Hosea 10:4

"They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field."

Hosea 10:5

"The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven, for its people will mourn over it, along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it."

Hosea 10:6

"It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel."

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