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14 Give them, O Lord
    what will you give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
    and dry breasts.

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14 Give them, Lord
    what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
    and breasts that are dry.(A)

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The more they increased,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they changed[a] their glory into shame.(A)

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  1. 4.7 Tg Syr: MT I will change

The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](A) for something disgraceful.(B)

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  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
    for the calf[a] of Beth-aven.
Its people shall mourn for it,
    and its idolatrous priests shall wail[b] over it,
    over its glory that has departed from it.(A)

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  1. 10.5 Gk Syr: Heb calves
  2. 10.5 Cn: Heb exult

The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(A) of Beth Aven.[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(D)

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  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).