Hos 10:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. Aven —that is, Beth-aven. the sin —that is, the occasion of sin ( ). they shall say to . . . mountains, Cover us —So terrible shall be the calamity, that men shall prefer death to life ( ). Those very hills on which were their idolatrous altars (one source of their confidence, as their "king," , was the other), so far from helping them, shall be called on by them to overwhelm them.

Hosea 10:8

8. Aven—that is, Beth-aven.

the sin—that is, the occasion of sin (De 9:21; 1Ki 12:30).

they shall say to . . . mountains, Cover us—So terrible shall be the calamity, that men shall prefer death to life (Lu 23:30; Re 6:16; 9:6). Those very hills on which were their idolatrous altars (one source of their confidence, as their "king," Ho 10:7, was the other), so far from helping them, shall be called on by them to overwhelm them.