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Book of Hosea, Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 of Hosea—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “Israel is a degenerating[a] vine.1 Fruit he keeps putting forth for himself.2 In proportion to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied [his] altars.3 In proportion to the goodness of his land, they put up good pillars.4
  2. Their heart has become hypocritical;[b]5 now they will be found guilty.
    ¶ “There is one who will break their altars; he will despoil their pillars.6
  3. For now they will say, ‘We have no king,7 for we have not feared Jehovah. And as regards the king, what will he do for us?’
  4. ¶ “They speak words, making false oaths,8 concluding a covenant;9 and judgment has sprouted like a poisonous plant in the furrows of the open field.10
  5. For the calf [idol] of Beth-aʹven11 the residents of Sa·marʹi·a will get frightened; for over it its people will certainly mourn, as well as its foreign-god priests[c] [who] used to be joyful over it, on account of its glory, because it will have gone into exile away from it.12
  6. Even it someone will bring to As·syrʹi·a itself as a gift to a great king.[d]13 Shame is what Eʹphra·im himself will get,14 and Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.15
  7. Sa·marʹi·a [and] her king will certainly be silenced,16 like a snapped-off twig on the surface of waters.
  8. And the high places of [Beth-]aʹven,17 the sin of Israel,18 will actually be annihilated. Thorns and thistles19 themselves will come up upon their altars.20 And people will in fact say to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’ and to the hills, ‘Fall over us!’21
  9. ¶ “From the days of Gibʹe·ah22 you have sinned,23 O Israel. There they stood still. In Gibʹe·ah war against the sons of unrighteousness did not get to overtake them.24
  10. When it is my craving I shall also discipline them.25 And against them peoples will certainly be gathered when there is a harnessing of them to their two errors.26
  11. ¶ “And Eʹphra·im was a trained heifer loving to thresh;27 and I, for my part, passed over her good-looking neck. I make [someone] ride Eʹphra·im.28 Judah plows;29 Jacob harrows30 for him.
  12. Sow seed for yourselves in righteousness;31 reap in accord with loving-kindness.32 Till for yourselves arable land,33 when there is time for searching for Jehovah until he comes34 and gives instruction in righteousness to YOU.35
  13. ¶ “YOU people have plowed wickedness.36 Unrighteousness is what YOU have reaped.37 YOU have eaten the fruitage of deception,38 for you have trusted in your way,39 in the multitude of your mighty ones.40
  14. And an uproar has risen among your people,41 and your own fortified cities will all be despoiled,42 as with the despoiling by Shalʹman of the house of Arʹbel, in the day of battle [when] a mother herself was dashed to pieces alongside [her] own sons.43
  15. In this way one[e] will certainly do to YOU people, O Bethʹel,[f] because of YOUR extreme badness.44 In the dawn the king of Israel will positively have to be silenced.”45

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Luxuriant; outspreading,” if derived from another Heb. verb of the same form.
  2. ^ Or, “smooth; slippery.”
  3. ^ “As well as its foreign-god priests.” Heb., u·khema·ravʹ, “Chemarim”; Vg, “temple keepers.”
  4. ^ Or, “King Jareb.” See 5:13 ftn.
  5. ^ Or, “he,” MVg; LXX, “I”; Sy, “they.”
  6. ^ “Bethel,” MSyVg; LXX, “house of Israel.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 5:1; Eze 15:6
  2. ^ Zc 7:6
  3. ^ Je 2:28; Eze 6:13; Ho 8:11; 12:11
  4. ^ 1Ki 14:23; Ho 8:4
  5. ^ 1Ki 18:21; Zp 1:5
  6. ^ Je 43:13; Mc 5:13; Zc 13:2
  7. ^ Ho 3:4; 13:11
  8. ^ 2Ki 17:4; Eze 17:13
  9. ^ Ho 6:7
  10. ^ De 29:18; Is 5:7; Am 5:7; 6:12
  11. ^ 1Ki 12:28; Ho 4:15; Am 3:14
  12. ^ 1Sa 4:21
  13. ^ 2Ki 17:3; Ho 5:13
  14. ^ Je 2:26; 48:13; Eze 36:32
  15. ^ Is 30:3; Je 7:24; Mc 6:16
  16. ^ 2Ki 17:4
  17. ^ Ho 4:15; Am 7:9
  18. ^ De 9:21; 1Ki 12:28, 30; Mc 1:5
  19. ^ Is 32:13; 34:13
  20. ^ 2Ki 23:15
  21. ^ Is 2:19; Lu 23:30; Re 6:16
  22. ^ Jg 20:5
  23. ^ Ho 9:9
  24. ^ Jg 20:19
  25. ^ Heb 12:6
  26. ^ 1Ki 14:16; Eze 16:37
  27. ^ Je 50:11
  28. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  29. ^ Je 4:3
  30. ^ Is 28:24
  31. ^ Pr 11:19; Jm 3:18
  32. ^ Pr 11:18
  33. ^ Je 4:3
  34. ^ Is 55:6; Am 5:4
  35. ^ De 32:2; Is 45:8
  36. ^ Ga 6:7
  37. ^ Pr 22:8; Ho 8:7
  38. ^ Pr 1:31
  39. ^ Ps 52:7
  40. ^ Ps 33:16; 146:3; Je 17:5
  41. ^ Ps 74:23
  42. ^ 2Ki 18:9; 19:13
  43. ^ Is 13:16; Na 3:10
  44. ^ Am 7:9
  45. ^ 2Ki 18:10

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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