8 The high places of Aven1
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!”3
1 Or of wickedness; Aven is a reference to Beth-aven (a derogatory term for Bethel); see verse 5.
2 Cited in Luke 23:30; see also Revelation 6:16.
Backlinks: [Luke 23:30, Revelation 6:16]