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Samaria’s false god[a] will be destroyed. It will be like a piece of wood floating away on the water’s surface.

Israel sinned and built many high places. The high places of Aven[b] will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow on their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Israel Will Pay for Sin

“Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah. (And the people have continued to sin there.) Those evil people at Gibeah will be trapped by war.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:7 false god Or “king.”
  2. Hosea 10:8 high places of Aven Aven means “evil” or “wickedness.” This probably means the temple and other places of worship at Bethel.

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