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Hosea 10:7-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 10:7-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 Samaria’s king will disappear[a](A)
like foam[b] on the surface of the water.
8 The high places(B) of Aven, the sin of Israel,(C)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.(D)
They will say to the mountains,(E) “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(F)
Israel’s Defeat because of Sin
9 Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(G)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:7 Or will be cut off
- Hosea 10:7 Or a stick
Hosea 10:7-9
New International Version
Hosea 10:7-9
New International Version
7 Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(A)
swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
8 The high places(B) of wickedness[a](C) will be destroyed—
it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(D) and thistles will grow up
and cover their altars.(E)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(F)
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
- Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken
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