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Hosea 10:1-8

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Retribution for Israel’s Sin

1Israel is a luxuriant vine;

He produces fruit for himself.

The more his fruit,

The more altars he made;

The richer his land,

The better he made the memorial stones.

2Their heart is deceitful;

Now they must suffer for their guilt.

The Lord will break down their altars

And destroy their memorial stones.

3Certainly now they will say, “We have no king,

For we do not revere the Lord.

As for the king, what can he do for us?”

4They speak mere words,

With worthless oaths they make covenants;

And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

5The inhabitants of Samaria will fear

For the calf of Beth-aven.

Indeed, its people will mourn for it,

And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,

Over its glory, since it has left it.

6The thing itself will be brought to Assyria

As a gift of tribute to King Jareb;

Ephraim will be seized with shame,

And Israel will be ashamed of its own plan.

7Samaria will be destroyed with her king,

Like a twig on the surface of the water.

8Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;

Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;

Then they will say to the mountains,

“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”