12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

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13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (A)drinking wine:
(B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
  2. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests

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