Hosea 10:1-8

1Israel is a 1luxuriant 2vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he 3made; The 4richer his land, The better 5he made the sacred 6pillars.2Their heart is 78faithless; Now they must bear their 9guilt. 10The Lord will 11break down their altars And destroy their sacred pillars.

3Surely now they will say, “We have 12no king, For we do not revere the Lord. As for the king, what can he do for us?”4They speak mere words, 13With 14worthless oaths they make covenants; And 15judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.5The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the 1617calf of 18Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its 19idolatrous priests 20will cry out over it, Over its 21glory, since it has departed from it.6The thing itself will be carried to 22Assyria As tribute to 2324King Jareb; Ephraim will 25be 26seized with shame And Israel will be ashamed of its 27own counsel.7Samaria will be 28cut off with her king Like a stick on the surface of the water.8Also the 29high places of Aven, the 30sin of Israel, will be destroyed; 31Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will 32say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”