Hosea 10:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
כָּסָה
To cover, to conceal. Kasah. He who covers his sin will not prosper. Covering sin keeps it alive. Confessing it ends it. Bring it into the light.
עָלָה
it will grow up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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חַטָּאָה
the sin of
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חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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עַל
on/ us
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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נָפַל
fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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בָּמָה
the high places of
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בָּמָה
an elevation
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מִזְבֵּחַ
altars/ their
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מִזְבֵּחַ
an altar
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קוֹץ
thorns
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קוֹץ
a thorn
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