Also the (A)high places of [a]Aven, (B)the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
(C)They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Lit. Idolatry or Wickedness

The high places(A) of wickedness[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(F)

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Footnotes

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

29 (A)For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’

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29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’(A)

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30 Then they will begin (A)‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’

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30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8

In those days (A)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

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During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(A)

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