Hosea 10:8

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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also of

אָוֶן

ʼÂven

H206

Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)

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the

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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shall be

שָׁמַד

shâmad

H8045

to desolate

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the

קוֹץ

qôwts

H6975

a thorn

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and the

דַּרְדַּר

dardar

H1863

a thorn

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shall

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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up on their

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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and they shall

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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to the

הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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כָּסָה

kâçâh

H3680

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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us and to the

גִּבְעָה

gibʻâh

H1389

a hillock

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נָפַל

nâphal

H5307

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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on us

Key Terms in This Verse

Aven H206

אָוֶן ʼÂven

Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)

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thistle H1863

דַּרְדַּר dardar

a thorn

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thorn H6975

קוֹץ qôwts

a thorn

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altars H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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hills H1389

גִּבְעָה gibʻâh

a hillock

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Cover H3680

כָּסָה kâçâh

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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destroyed H8045

שָׁמַד shâmad

to desolate

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mountains H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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Fall H5307

נָפַל nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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Cross References

Luke 23:30 cross-reference

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

Revelation 6:16 cross-reference

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:

Isaiah 2:19 cross-reference

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.

Amos 8:14 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 32:13 cross-reference

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

Hosea 9:6 cross-reference

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 tabernacl...

Isaiah 34:13 cross-reference

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.

Micah 1:5 cross-reference

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 Jerusale...

Micah 1:13 cross-reference

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.

1 Kings 13:2 cross-reference

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 off...

Hosea 5:8 cross-reference

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Hosea 10:5 cross-reference

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 d...

Hosea 10:2 cross-reference

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

2 Kings 23:15 cross-reference

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...

Hosea 4:15 cross-reference

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.

1 Kings 13:34 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 4:13 cross-reference

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...

2 Chronicles 31:1 cross-reference

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...

Revelation 9:6 cross-reference

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

1 Kings 14:16 cross-reference

And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

Deuteronomy 9:21 cross-reference

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 d...

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