Book of Hosea, Chapter 10
Chapter 10 of Hosea
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased
the more altars he built;
as his country improved
he improved his pillars.
now they must bear their guilt.
The LORD[a] will break down their altars,
and destroy their pillars.
“We have no king,
for we fear not the LORD,
and a king, what could he do for us?”
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
in the furrows of the field.
for the calf[b] of Beth-a′ven.
Its people shall mourn for it,
and its idolatrous priests shall wail[c] over it,
over its glory which has departed from it.
as tribute to the great king.[d]
E′phraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.[e]
like a chip on the face of the waters.
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars;
and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us,
and to the hills, Fall upon us.
there they have continued.
Shall not war overtake them in Gib′e-ah?
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are chastised[g] for their double iniquity.
that loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put E′phraim to the yoke,
Judah must plow,
Jacob must harrow for himself.
reap the fruit[h] of steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the LORD,
that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
you have reaped injustice,
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your chariots[i]
and in the multitude of your warriors,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-ar′bel on the day of battle;
mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
because of your great wickedness.
In the storm[k] the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.FOOTNOTES
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