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The wicked high places where Israel’s people sinned will be destroyed;
    thorns and thistles will cover their once-proud altars.
People will beg the mountains, “Surround us!”
    They’ll plead with the hills, “Cover us!”[a]

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  1. 10:8 Luke 23:30

The high places(A) of wickedness[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.