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(A)The hilltop shrines of Aven,[a] where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains, “Hide us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 This name means “house of evil” or “house of idolatry” and in this passage refers to the city of Bethel, a name which means “house of God.” In verse 8, Bethaven is called Aven. See also 4.15 and 5.8.

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.

16 (A)They called out to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the eyes of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb!

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16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(A) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(B) and from the wrath of the Lamb!

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.