Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

Cross-reference

Hosea 10:15 Parallel

In Hosea 10:15, the judgment on Bethel is directly tied to the calf-idol worship described here.

Hosea 10:8 Parallel

Hosea 10:8 continues judgment on Beth-aven's high places—expanding the destruction of the calf idol from verse 5.

Hosea 10:2 Parallel

Hosea 10:2 speaks of breaking altars—directly related to the calf idolatry in verse 5, within the same oracle.

Hosea 13:2 Parallel

Hosea 13:2 also mentions kissing calf-idols, linking the worship condemned here with further sin.

Hosea 8:6 Parallel

Hosea 8:6 describes the calf as man-made and destined for destruction, echoing the fate of the idol mourned here.

Hosea 8:5 Parallel

Hosea 8:5 directly calls out the same calf-idol of Samaria, intensifying the condemnation of Israel's idolatry here.

Hosea 4:15 Parallel

Hosea 4:15 warns against going to Beth Aven, directly linking to the calf idol there in 10:5.

Hosea 5:8 Parallel

Hosea 5:8 sounds an alarm at Beth Aven, echoing the judgment on the calf idol in 10:5.

1 Kings 12:28–32 Historical context

1 Kings 12:28-32 records Jeroboam setting up the golden calves at Bethel, the historical origin of the idol worshiped here.

2 Chronicles 13:8 Historical context

2 Chronicles 13:8 refers to the golden calves Jeroboam made, connecting the idol in Hosea to Judah's conflict with Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:15 Historical context

2 Chronicles 11:15 mentions Jeroboam's calf idols, providing background for the idolatry referenced here.

2 Kings 17:16 Historical context

2 Kings 17:16 lists calf idols as part of Israel's apostasy that led to exile, explaining the judgment behind the mourning here.

2 Kings 10:29 Historical context

2 Kings 10:29 notes that Jehu did not remove the golden calves at Bethel and Dan, the same idols mourned here.

Jeremiah 48:13 explicitly compares Moab's shame over Chemosh to Israel's shame over Bethel—directly echoing the calf here.

Exodus 32:4 Allusion

Exodus 32:4 records the original golden calf—the same kind of idol Hosea condemns here at Beth-aven.

Amos 3:14 Parallel

Amos 3:14 also targets Bethel's altars for destruction, reinforcing the same judgment on idolatrous worship.

Amos 8:14 Parallel

Amos 8:14 condemns swearing by the calf idols of Dan and Beer-sheba, directly paralleling the calf-idol mourning here.