Hosea 10:8

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“The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!””

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

— ASV

Cross-references

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Luke 23:30 "Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’Hosea 10:8"
Revelation 6:16 "They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,"
Isaiah 2:19 "Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his ma…"
1 Kings 12:28-30 "So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behol…"
Hosea 9:6 "For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant…"
Amos 8:14 "Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives;’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives;’ they will fall, and neve…"
Isaiah 32:13 "Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city."
1 Kings 14:16 "He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”"

Commentary

Aven--that is, Beth-aven. the sin--that is, the occasion of sin (Deu 9:21; Kg1 12:30). they shall say to . . . mountains, Cover us--So terrible shall be the calamity, that men shall prefer death to life (Luk 23:30; Rev 6:16; Rev 9:6). Those very hills on which were their idolatrous altars (one source of their confidence, as their "king," Hos 10:7, was the other), so far from helping them, shall be called on by them to overwhelm them.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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