Hosea 10:8 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The idolatry of IsraelA vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will...
Thompson Chains
- High Places (2)See the chain from Leviticus 26:30 · 4 links
- Destruction (2)See the chain from Isaiah 34:2 · 5 links
- ThistlesLink 3 of 4 · next Matthew 7:16
- Idol AltarsSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:32 · 5 links
- Guilty FearLink 11 of 13 · next Micah 7:17
Parallel Passages
- Luke 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
- Revelation 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Luke 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
- Revelation 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
- Hosea 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
- 1 Kings 12:28–30 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. …
- Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
- Isaiah 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- 1 Kings 13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
- 2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
- Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: 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.
- Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
- Deuteronomy 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
- 1 Kings 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
- 1 Kings 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 2 Chronicles 34:5–7 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. …
- Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
- Hosea 4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
- Hosea 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
- Hosea 5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
- Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
- Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
- Micah 1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
- Revelation 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Topics
- Aven 3. Beth-Aven
- Despondency General scriptures concerning
- Idolatry Warnings against, and punishments of
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of captivity, famine, and judgments
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Thistle A noxious plant
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Hosea, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Jeroboam II
Places
- AvenTown · today Beitin · Location likely
- Places in Hosea 10 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The high places בָּמוֹת bāmôt בָּמָה Noun · feminine plural construct
- also of Aven אָוֶן ʾāwen Noun · masculine singular אָוֶן ʼÂven
- the sin חַטַּאת ḥaṭṭaʾt חַטָּאָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- shall be destroyed וְנִשְׁמְדוּ wĕnišmĕdû שָׁמַד Verb · niphal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- the thorn קוֹץ qôṣ קוֹץ Noun · masculine singular
- and the thistle וְדַרְדַּר wĕdardar דַּרְדַּר Noun · masculine singular · with and
- shall come up יַעֲלֶה yaʿălê עָלָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- on their altars עַל ʿal Preposition מִזְבְּחוֹתָם mizbĕḥôtām מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and they shall say וְאָמְרוּ wĕʾāmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- to the mountains לֶהָרִים lehārîm הַר Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
- Cover כַּסּוּנוּ kassûnû כָּסָה Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine plural · with suffix: first person common plural
- us; and to the hills וְלַגְּבָעוֹת wĕlaggĕbāʿôt גִּבְעָה Noun · feminine plural · with and, preposition with the
- Fall נִפְלוּ niplû נָפַל Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural עָלֵינוּ ʿālênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural
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