World English Bible
Hosea 10:5
“The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.”
Verse in context — Hosea 10
3
Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?
4
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
5
The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
6
It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
7
Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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