Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of Aven; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

In Context

4and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.

6And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to King Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men to Ai, which is by Bethel, saying, Spy out Ai: and the men went up and spied Ai.

1 Samuel 4:21And she called the child Ichabod, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband.

2 Kings 10:29Nevertheless Jehu departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin: these were the golden heifers in Bethel and in Dan.

2 Kings 23:5And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Judah, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 13:8And now ye profess to resist the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

Hosea 5:8Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of Aven, Benjamin is amazed.

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 →

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