Hosea 10:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: thorns and thistles shall grow on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, 'Cover us,' and to the hills, 'Fall on us.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת אָ֗וֶן חַטַּאת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ק֣וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֔ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמְר֤וּ לֶֽהָרִים֙ כַּסּ֔וּנוּ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת נִפְל֥וּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

And wənišmədû bāmôt ʾāwen, ḥaṭṭaʾt Yiśrāʾēl; qôṣ wədardar yaʿăleh upon their mizbəḥôtām; and they wəʾāmərû to the mountains, 'kassûnû,' and to the hills, 'niplû upon us.'

Grammar Details

• *wənišmədû*: conjunction + verb, Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, plural - and they will be destroyed
• *bāmôt*: noun, feminine, plural construct - high places
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine, singular - wickedness/vanity
• *ḥaṭṭaʾt*: noun, feminine, singular construct - sin
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *qôṣ*: noun, masculine, singular - thorn
• *wədardar*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and thistle
• *yaʿăleh*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it will grow/come up
• *mizbəḥôtām*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person, masculine, plural suffix - their altars
• *wəʾāmərû*: conjunction + verb, Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - and they will say
• *kassûnû*: verb, Piel, imperative, masculine, plural with 1st person, plural suffix - cover us
• *niplû*: verb, Qal, imperative, masculine, plural - fall

Word Meanings

• *bāmôt*: high places/altars on heights/shrines

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The high places of wickedness will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the trn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  The high places{H1116} also of Aven,{H206} the sin{H2403} of Israel,{H3478} shall be destroyed:{H8045} the thorn{H6975} and the thistle{H1863} shall come up{H5927} on their altars;{H4196} and they shall say{H559} to the mountains,{H2022} Cover{H3680} us; and to the hills,{H1389} Fall{H5307} on us.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The high places{H1116} also of Aven{H206}, the sin{H2403} of Israel{H3478}, shall be destroyed{H8045}{(H8738)}: the thorn{H6975} and the thistle{H1863} shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} on their altars{H4196}; and they shall say{H559}{(H8804)} to the mountains{H2022}, Cover{H3680}{(H8761)} us; and to the hills{H1389}, Fall{H5307}{(H8798)} on us.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The hye places of Auen where Israel do synne, shal be cast downe: thistles and thornes shal growe vpon their aulters. Then shal they saye to ye mountaynes: couer vs, and to the hilles: fall vpon vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The hie places also of Auen shall be destroied, euen the sinne of Israel: the thorne and the thistle shall growe vpon their altars, and they shal say to the mountaines, Couer vs, and to the hils, Fall vpon vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The hye places of Auen where Israel doth sinne shalbe destroyed, thistles and thornes shal growe vpon their aulters: then shall they say to the mountaynes, Couer vs, & to the hylles, Fall vpon vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The high places of the“House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” and to the hills,“Fall on us!”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 23:30 : 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
• Rev 6:16 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Hos 9:6 : 6 For behold, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; nettles shall possess their precious silver places; thorns shall be in their tents.
• 1 Kgs 12:28-30 : 28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.
• Isa 2:19 : 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
• Isa 32:13 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
• 1 Kgs 13:34 : 34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
• 2 Kgs 23:15 : 15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
• Hos 10:5 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests who rejoiced on it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
• Amos 8:14 : 14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The way of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise again.
• Mic 1:5 : 5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
• Mic 1:13 : 13 O inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
• 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
• 2 Chr 34:5-7 : 5 And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
• Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is divided; now they shall be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images.
• 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kgs 13:2 : 2 And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he offer the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burnt upon you.
• Isa 34:13 : 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls.
• Hos 4:13 : 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade thereof is good. Therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
• Hos 4:15 : 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, do not let Judah offend; do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Bethaven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'
• Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.
• Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it, and will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.