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It will be carried to Ashur
as a present for a warring king.
Efrayim will be put to shame,
and Isra’el be ashamed of his own advice.
Shomron’s king will perish
like foam on the surface of the water.
Destruction will come to the high places of Aven,
that is, to the sin of Isra’el.
Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars;
and they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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It will be carried to Assyria(A)
    as tribute(B) for the great king.(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(D)
    Israel will be ashamed(E) of its foreign alliances.
Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(F)
    swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
The high places(G) of wickedness[a](H) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(I) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(J)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(K)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.