Hosea 10:5-8

Modern English Version

⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria fear
    because of the calf of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
    and its priests shriek for it,
    because its glory has departed from it.
⁶ It will be carried to Assyria
    as a tribute to King Jareb.^[a]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
    and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.^[b]
7 As for Samaria, her king will perish
    like a twig on the water.
⁸ The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
    will be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle will grow
    on their altars.
They will say to the mountains, Cover us,
    and to the hills, Fall on us.