⁸ And the high·​·places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be blotted·​·out; the thorn and the thistle shall go·​·up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

⁴ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, because he had sent messengers to^▵ So king of Egypt, and brought·​·up no^◦ gift·​·offering to the king of Assyria, as^◦ he had done year by year; and the king of Assyria detained him, and bound him in the prison house.