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“The residents of Samaria will be terrified
    because of the cows[a] of Beth-aven.
Its people will mourn over Beth-aven,[b]
    along with the priests who will mourn its glory,
        because that glory has departed.[c]
Indeed, that glory[d] will be carried to Assyria—
    it will become a present for an avenging king.[e]
Ephraim will be disgraced,
    and Israel will become ashamed of its decision.
Samaria’s king will float away
    like driftwood on the surface of water.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 I.e. Canaanite heifer deities
  2. Hosea 10:5 Lit. it
  3. Hosea 10:5 The Heb. verb depart is similar to the Heb. verb mourn
  4. Hosea 10:6 Lit. Indeed, it
  5. Hosea 10:6 Cf. 2Kings 15-16; 2Chr 28:19-20