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Commentary for Hosea 10:8

וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת אָ֗וֶן חַטַּאת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ק֣וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֔ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמְר֤וּ לֶֽהָרִים֙ כַּסּ֔וּנוּ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת נִפְל֥וּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (ס)

The high places also of Aven shall be destroyed, Even the sin of Israel. 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.’

Rashi on Hosea

The high places of Aven i.e., the high places of Bethel.
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Rashi on Hosea

thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars for their worshippers have gone into exile, and no one turns to them anymore.
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and they shall say i.e., Israel shall say.
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to the mountains, Cover us up lest our enemies see our shame.
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