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The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel, shall be made shmad; the kotz (thorn) and the dardar (thistle) shall come up on their mizbechot; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

O Yisroel, thou hast sinned from the yamei Giveah; there they have continued. Did not milchamah (war) overtake the bnei alvah (children of unruliness) in Giveah?

10 When I please, I will chastise them; amim shall be gathered against them, when they are punished for their shtei avon (double iniquity).

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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