Hosea 10:5-6

5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.[a]Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
6 It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.

Cross References 9

  • 1. S Exodus 32:4; S Isaiah 44:17-20
  • 2. ver 8; S Hosea 5:8
  • 3. S 2 Kings 23:5; Zephaniah 1:4
  • 4. S Judges 18:17-18; S Hosea 8:5; S Hosea 9:1,3,11
  • 5. S 2 Kings 16:7; Hosea 11:5
  • 6. S Judges 3:15
  • 7. S Hosea 5:13
  • 8. Isaiah 30:3; S Hosea 4:7
  • 9. Jeremiah 48:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Beth Aven" means "house of wickedness" (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means "house of God" ).
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