Hosea 10:8

Modern English Version

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. They will say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Cross References

Genesis 3:8

Then they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

1 Kings 13:2

He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child named Josiah will be born in the house of David, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and these men’s bones shall be burned upon you.’ ”

1 Kings 13:34

This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 14:16

He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam who sinned and who led Israel to sin.”

2 Kings 23:15

Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and he burned the Asherah.

2 Chronicles 31:1

And when this celebration was finished, all of Israel that was present went out to the cities of Judah and smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and tore down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until everything was destroyed. Then all Israel returned to their cities, each man to his own possession.

Isaiah 2:19

They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of His majesty, when He shall arise to shake the earth mightily.

Isaiah 2:21

to enter the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the cliffs, from the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Isaiah 32:13

for the land of my people in which thorns and briers shall come up, yes, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city;

Isaiah 34:13

Thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses; and it shall be a habitation of jackals and a home for owls.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria fear because of the calf of Beth-aven. For its people mourn for it, and its priests shriek for it, because its glory has departed from it.

Hosea 10:9

O Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah. There they have continued. Will not the war in Gibeah against evildoers overtake them?

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, so that she will not find her paths.

Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills under oak, poplar, and elm because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah offend. Do not come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Hosea 5:8

Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Cry aloud at Beth-aven, “Look behind you, O Benjamin!”

Hosea 8:5

Your calf, O Samaria, is rejected! My anger is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Hosea 9:6

For behold, they are gone because of destruction. Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver, and thorns will be in their tents.

Amos 1:5

I will break the gate bar of Damascus; from the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned, and from Beth-eden the one who holds the scepter. The people of Aram will go into captivity to Kir, says the Lord.

Amos 3:14

Surely on the day I punish the transgressions of Israel, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 7:9

The high places of Isaac will be destroyed, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say, “By the life of your god, O Dan,” and, “By the life of the way of Beer-sheba” — they shall fall and never rise again.

Micah 1:13

Harness the chariot to the steeds, inhabitants of Lachish. It was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, because in you were found the transgressions of Israel.

Micah 1:5

All this because of the transgression of Jacob and because of the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

Nahum 3:11

You also will be drunk; you will go into hiding; you will seek refuge from the enemy.

Luke 23:30

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

Deuteronomy 9:21

I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small until it was as small as dust. Then I threw the dust into the brook that descended down from the mountain.

Revelation 6:16

They said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

Revelation 9:6

In those days men will seek death but will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will elude them.