Hosea 10:5

Easy To Read Version

The people from Samaria {\cf2\super [100]} worship the calves at Beth-Aven. {\cf2\super [101]} Those people will really cry. Those priests will really cry. Why? Because their beautiful \{idol\} is gone. It was carried away.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:29

But Jehu did not completely turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that caused Israel to sin. Jehu did not destroy the golden calves in Bethel and in Dan.

2 Kings 17:16

The people stopped following the commands of the Lord their God. They made two gold statues of calves. They made Asherah poles. [209] They worshiped all the stars of heaven and served Baal. [210]

2 Kings 23:5

The kings of Judah had chosen some ordinary men to serve as priests. {These men were not from the family of Aaron!} Those false priests were burning incense [280] at the high places [281] in every city of Judah and all the towns around Jerusalem. They burned incense to honor Baal, [282] the sun, the moon, the constellations (groups of stars), and all the stars in the sky. But Josiah stopped those false priests.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve in the high places, {\cf2\super [163]} where he set up the goat and calf idols he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:8

“Now, you people have decided to defeat the Lord’s kingdom—the kingdom that is ruled by David’s sons. You have very many people with you and you have those golden calves—those ‘gods’ that Jeroboam made for you!

Isaiah 46:2

Those false gods will all bow down—they will all fall. Those false gods can’t escape—they will all be carried away like prisoners.

Hosea 13:2

Now the Israelites sin more and more. They make idols {\cf2\super [143]} for themselves. Workers make those fancy statues from silver. And then those people talk to their statues! They offer sacrifices to those statues. They kiss those \{golden\} calves.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [44]} But don’t let Judah be guilty. Don’t go to Gilgal {\cf2\super [45]} or go up to Beth-aven. {\cf2\super [46]} Don’t use the Lord’s name to make promises. Don’t say, ‘As the Lord lives …!’

Hosea 5:8

“Blow the horn in Gibeah. {\cf2\super [57]} \par Blow the trumpet in Ramah. {\cf2\super [58]} \par Give the warning at Beth-Aven. {\cf2\super [59]} \par The enemy is behind you, Benjamin.\par

Hosea 9:1

Israel, don’t celebrate like the nations do! Don’t be happy! You acted like a prostitute {\cf2\super [84]} and left your God. You did your sexual sin {\cf2\super [85]} on every threshing floor. {\cf2\super [86]}

Hosea 9:11

Like a bird, Ephraim’s {\cf2\super [94]} glory will fly away. There will be no more pregnancies, no more births, no more babies.

Amos 3:14

Israel sinned, and I will punish them for their sins. I will also destroy the altars {\cf2\super [45]} at Bethel. {\cf2\super [46]} The horns of the altar {\cf2\super [47]} will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Zephaniah 1:4

\{The Lord said,\} “I will punish Judah and the people living in Jerusalem. I will remove these things from that place: I will remove the last signs of Baal worship. I will remove the priests and all the people that

Acts 19:27

These things that Paul says might turn the people against our work. But there is also another problem: People will begin to think that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is not important! Her greatness will be destroyed. Artemis is the goddess that everyone in Asia and the whole world worships.”

Joshua 7:2

After they defeated Jericho, Joshua sent some men to Ai. [31] Ai was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. Joshua told them, “Go to Ai and look for weaknesses in that area.” So the men went to spy on that land.

Judges 18:24

Micah answered, “You men from Dan took my idols. I made those idols for myself. You have also taken my priest. What do I have left now? How can you ask me, ‘What’s the problem?’”