Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
Note Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29.
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
Note the priests…: or, Chemarim
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.
The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the calves
- Hosea 8:5, 6; Hosea 13:2; 1 Kings 12:28–32; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 13:8
- Beth-aven
- Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:8; Joshua 7:2
- for the people
- Judges 18:24; Revelation 18:11–19
- the priests
- or, Chemarim.
- 2 Kings 23:5; Zephaniah 1:4
- for the glory
- Hosea 9:11; 1 Samuel 4:21, 22; Acts 19:27