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The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. O Israel, thou hast sinned [a]from the days of Gibeah: [b]there they stood; [c]the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.

10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are [d]bound [e]to their two transgressions.

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  1. Hosea 10:9 Or, more than in the days
  2. Hosea 10:9 Or, there have they continued
  3. Hosea 10:9 Or, shall not the battle . . . Gibeah?
  4. Hosea 10:10 Or, yoked
  5. Hosea 10:10 Or, for

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)

“Since the days of Gibeah,(G) you have sinned,(H) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[b]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?
10 When I please, I will punish(I) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
  2. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken