Hosea 10:8
The high places of Aven, where Israel sinned, will be demolished, and thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. Then they will call to the mountains, “Bury us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
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7Samaria and its king will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the water.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:21I took that abominable thing, the calf you'd made, and burned it. Then I crushed it up and ground it into dust, and I threw it into the stream that descended from the mountain.
1 Kings 12:30This action brought about sin, because the people went as far north as Dan to worship the idol there.
1 Kings 13:34It was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the face of the earth.
2 Kings 23:15He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole.
2 Chronicles 34:5He burned the bones of the idolatrous priests on their altars. In this way he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:21They will run to cracks in the rocks and gaps on the cliffs to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:2-9
Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken… Read the whole commentary →