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Hosea 10:5

Hosea 10:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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

Bethaven: 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 *marg. Zephaniah 1:4

for the glory: Hosea 9:11; 1 Samuel 4:21-22; Acts 19:27

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