Hosea 10 is the tenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri, that was declared between Shalmaneser's first and second invasions of Israel, in which Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry, and exhorted to repentance (cf. Hosea 10:14; Hosea 10:6 referring to Hoshea's calling pharaoh So of Egypt to his aid; also Hosea 10:4, 13). It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Text The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 15 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, including 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1–14. There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). Verse 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. "The high places also of Aven": The name "Aven": generally considered an abbreviation of "Beth-aven", that is, "Bethel"; but when the word is taken as an appellative, "bamoth-aven" would signify the "high places of iniquity" for idol sacrifices to fit the characterization of "the sin of Israel." "They shall say to the mountains, Cover us": describing a terrible calamity, that people would prefer death to life (; ; ). Those hills where the idolatrous altars once stood as one source of their confidence for help, beside their "king" (), will be called on by the people to fall on them. Verse 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. "Shalman": generally identified