Hosea 10:9
“Thistles and tribulations will ascend upon their altars, and they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us,' and to the hills, 'Fall upon us.' LXX: 'Thorns and tribulations will ascend upon their altars, and they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us,' and to the hills, 'Fall upon us.' It is a sign of ultimate loneliness,…”
Source: Septuagint
9From the time the hills existed Israel has sinned: there they stood: war waged against the children of iniquity
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7Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.
8And the altars of Aven, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
— Hosea 10:9 —
10to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins.
11Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will Mount Ephraim; I will pass over Judah in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.