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Hosea 10:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The high places  of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. They will say to the mountains,  ‘Cover us! ’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us! ’

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Then they will begin to say to the mountains, “Fall on us! ” and to the hills, “Cover us! ”   ,


And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us  from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,


People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the  Lord and from his majestic splendour, when he rises to terrify the earth.


For even if they flee from devastation, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Thistles will take possession of their precious silver; thorns will invade their tents.


Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As the way  , of Beer-sheba lives’   – they will fall, never to rise again.


for the ground of my people growing thorns and briars, indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.


In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.


Harness the horses to the chariot, you residents of Lachish. This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion because Israel’s acts of rebellion  can be traced to you.


All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem?


The residents of Samaria  will have anxiety over the calf  of Beth-aven. Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it; the people will mourn over it, over its glory. It will certainly go into exile.


Their hearts are devious;  , now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.


Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: Look behind you,  Benjamin!


Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!


They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and they burn offerings on the hills, and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters act promiscuously and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.


Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns; her fortified cities, with thistles and briars. She will become a dwelling for jackals, an abode  for ostriches.


When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars  throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one.  Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.


He even tore down the altar at Bethel  and the high place  that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.


He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.’


This was the sin that caused the house of Jeroboam to be cut off and obliterated from the face of the earth.


The man of God cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord: ‘Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, “A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.” ’


I took the sinful calf you had made and burned it. I crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust, and threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain.


Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,  and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.


Therefore, this is what I will do: I will block her  way  with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so that she cannot find her paths.


Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?


Isaac’s high places  will be deserted, and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins; I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.’


You  also will become drunk; you will hide. You also will seek refuge from the enemy.


They will go into the caves of the rocks and the crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the  Lord and from his majestic splendour, when he rises to terrify the earth.


Your calf-idol  , is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?


I will break down the gates  , of Damascus. I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven, and the one who wields the sceptre from Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir. The Lord has spoken.


I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar  will be cut off and fall to the ground.





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