Hosea 10:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull^[a] at Bethaven.^[b] They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor. ⁶The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed. ⁷Their king will be carried off, like a chip of wood on water.

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Footnotes

Hosea 10:5 Some ancient translations bull; Hebrew cows.
Hosea 10:5 This name means “house of evil” or “house of idolatry” and in this passage refers to the city of Bethel, a name which means “house of God.” In verse 8, Bethaven is called Aven. See also 4.15 and 5.8.