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The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
    as a present to the great king.[a]
        Ephraim will be disgraced.
        Israel will be ashamed because of its plans.
The king of Samaria will be carried away
    like a piece of wood on water.
The illegal worship sites of Aven will be destroyed.
    Israel sins there.
    Thorns and weeds will grow over those altars.
        People will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
            and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:6 Or “to King Jareb.”

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.