Hosea 10:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸^(A) The altars at sinful Bethel
will be destroyed
    for causing Israel to sin;
they will be grown over
    with thorns and thistles.
Then everyone will beg
the mountains and hills
    to cover and protect them.

The Lord Promises To Punish Israel

⁹^(B) Israel, you have never
stopped sinning^[a]
    since that time at Gibeah.^[b]
That's why you
    will be attacked at Gibeah.^[c]
¹⁰Your sins have doubled,
    and you are rebellious.
Now I have decided
to send nations to attack
    and put you in chains.

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Footnotes

10.9 never stopped sinning: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
10.9 Gibeah: See the note at 9.9.
10.9 That's why … Gibeah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.