The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests--those who rejoiced in its glory--for it has been taken from them into exile. Cross References 1 Kings 12:28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, "Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt." 1 Kings 12:29 One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 2 Kings 23:5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem--those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. Isaiah 46:2 The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity. Hosea 4:15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, 'As surely as the LORD lives!' Hosea 5:8 Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin! Hosea 8:5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? Hosea 8:6 For this thing is from Israel--a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria. Hosea 9:1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. Hosea 9:11 Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception. Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!" Amos 3:14 On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. Zephaniah 1:4 "I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests-- Treasury of Scripture The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. the calves. Hosea 8:5,6 Hosea 13:2 1 Kings 12:28-32 Beth-aven. Hosea 4:15 Hosea 5:8 Joshua 7:2 for the people. Judges 18:24 Revelation 18:11-19 the priests. 2 Kings 23:5 Zephaniah 1:4 for the glory. Hosea 9:11 1 Samuel 4:21,22 Acts 19:27 |