The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of H
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be take
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beer
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelr
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powde
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals,
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is i
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, c
They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shad
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transg
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-ave
Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacre
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. T
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous pri