Hosea 10
:1
10:1
Israel is a luxuriant
avine;
He brings forth fruit for
1himself.
According to the abundance of his fruit
He has multiplied altars;
According to the goodness of their land
They have made pillars well.
Hosea 10
:2
10:2
Their heart is
adivided;
Now they will be found guilty.
He Himself will break down their altars;
He will destroy their pillars.
Hosea 10
:3
10:3
For now they will say,
We have
1ano king,
For we did not fear Jehovah;
And the king, what can he do for us?
Hosea 10
:4
10:4
They speak
mere words,
Swearing falsely
While making a covenant;
And judgment sprouts forth like poisonous weeds
In the furrows of the field.
Hosea 10
:5
10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the
acalves of
1Beth-aven;
For its people will mourn over it,
And its idol priests
2will tremble for it,
For its glory,
Because it has departed from it.
Hosea 10
:6
10:6
Indeed it will be carried to
aAssyria:
A present to the warrior king.
Ephraim will be taken in shame,
And Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea 10
:7
10:7
aSamaria will be cut off
with her king
And will be like twigs on the surface of the water.
Hosea 10
:8
10:8
And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
Will be destroyed.
The thorn and the thistle will come up
Upon their altars;
And they will say to the
amountains, Cover us!
And to the hills, Fall on us!
Hosea 10
:9
10:9
Since the days of
aGibeah You have sinned, O Israel;
There they have stood.
Did not the
bbattle Overtake them in Gibeah
Because of the children of iniquity?
Hosea 10
:10
10:10
When I so desire, I will chastise them;
And the peoples will be
agathered against them,
When they are bound for their
1double iniquity.
Hosea 10
:11
10:11
And Ephraim is a trained heifer
That loves to tread
the grain;
But I have passed
the yoke Over her fair neck:
I will make Ephraim draw
the plow;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will break his clods.
Hosea 10
:12
10:12
1aSow unto righteousness for yourselves;
Reap according to lovingkindness;
Break up your
2fallow ground;
For it is time to seek Jehovah
Until He comes and rains
Righteousness on you.
Hosea 10
:13
10:13
You have plowed wickedness;
You have reaped injustice;
You have eaten the fruit of lying.
For you have trusted in your way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.
Hosea 10
:14
10:14
And a
1tumult will arise among your peoples;
And all your fortresses will be devastated,
As
aShalman devastated Beth-arbel
In the day of battle:
The mother was dashed in pieces with the children.
Hosea 10
:15
10:15
Thus Bethel will cause this to happen to you
Because of your great evil:
At
1dawn the king of Israel
Will be utterly cut off.
