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Hosea 10:8

Hosea 10:8

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

high places: Hosea 10:5, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 5:8

the sin: Deuteronomy 9:21; 1 Kings 12:28-30, 1 Kings 13:34, 1 Kings 14:16; Amos 8:14; Micah 1:5, Micah 1:13

the thorn: Hosea 9:6; Isaiah 32:13, Isaiah 34:13

their altars: 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:15; 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 34:5-7

they shall: Isaiah 2:19; Luke 23:30; Revelation 6:16, Revelation 9:6

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