Cross references
Hosea 10:8
The high places of Aven
will be destroyed—
it is the sin of Israel;
thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- a Or of wickedness; Aven is a reference to Beth-aven (a derogatory term for Bethel); see verse 5.
- b Cited in Luke 23:30; see also Revelation 6:16.
Hosea 10:8 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 6:16 (15 votes) and Luke 23:30 (14 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 9 to Revelation 9.
Which verses does Hosea 10:8 point to?
The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Revelation 6:1615 votes
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- Luke 23:3014 votes
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
- Isaiah 2:1910 votes
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- 1 Kings 12:28–305 votes
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.” One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. …
- Isaiah 32:134 votes
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
- Hosea 9:64 votes
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- Amos 8:144 votes
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
- Deuteronomy 9:213 votes
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
- 1 Kings 13:23 votes
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
- 1 Kings 13:343 votes
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 14:163 votes
- 2 Kings 23:153 votes
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 votes
- 2 Chronicles 34:5–73 votes
- Isaiah 34:133 votes
- Hosea 4:133 votes
- Hosea 4:153 votes
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 5:83 votes
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- Hosea 10:23 votes
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
- Hosea 10:53 votes
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
Which verses point to Hosea 10:8?
The 10 strongest of 19.