18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)

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18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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40 then let briers(A) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed(B) instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.(C)

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40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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The high places(A) of wickedness[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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