Hosea 10:6

"The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven, for its people will mourn over it, along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it."

Key Reflection

In Hosea 10:6-7, the spiritual meaning lies in the symbolic collapse of idolatry and false worship. The "calves of Beth Aven" represent the golden calves worshipped by the Israelites, which are now sources of terror rather than comfort, reflecting the judgment God brings upon those who turn away from Him to follow idols.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

It shall be also carried -(that is, “Itself also shall be carried”). Not Israel only shall be carried into captivity, but its god also. The victory over a nation was accounted of old a victory over its gods, as indeed it showed their impotence. Hence, the excuse made by the captains of Benhadad, that the gods of “Israel were gods of the hills, and not gods of the valleys”1Ki 20:23,1 Kings 20:28, and God’s vindication of His own Almightiness, which was thus denied.

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