Hosea 10:3-5

Good News Translation

³These people will soon be saying, “We have no king because we did not fear the Lord. But what could a king do for us anyway?” ⁴They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

⁵The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull^[a] at Bethaven.^[b] They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.

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Footnotes

Hosea 10:5 Some ancient translations bull; Hebrew cows.
Hosea 10:5 This name means “house of evil” or “house of idolatry” and in this passage refers to the city of Bethel, a name which means “house of God.” In verse 8, Bethaven is called Aven. See also 4.15 and 5.8.