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Also it to Asshur is carried, a present to a warlike king, Shame doth Ephraim receive, And ashamed is Israel of its own counsel.

Cut off is Samaria! Its king [is] as a chip on the face of the waters.

And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon 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.