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The inhabitants of Samaria will be terrified because of the calf[a] of Beth Aven.
    Yes, its people will mourn over it,
    and its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
    over its lost glory, because it has gone into exile.
It will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the Great King.[b]
    Ephraim will be gripped with shame,
    and Israel will be ashamed of its own idol.[c]
Samaria, like her king, will be carried off
    like a twig on the surface of the water.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Variant calves
  2. Hosea 10:6 The text of the last word of the line is uncertain.
  3. Hosea 10:6 Or plan. The meaning of the last word is uncertain.