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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Hosea 10 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Hosea 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/9.htm" title="Hosea 9">◄</a> Hosea 10 <a href="../hosea/11.htm" title="Hosea 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/hosea/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Coming Destruction</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Israel, the overgrown<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:1 Or empty">a</a></span> vine, bears fruit like itself;</p> <p class="poetry2">the more fruitful they become,</p> <p class="poetry2">the more altars they build.</p> <p class="poetry2">The better the land,</p> <p class="poetry2">the more ornate the stone idols.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:1 Or pillars">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Their hearts are divided;</p> <p class="poetry2">from now on they are to be found guilty.</p> <p class="poetry2">God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:2 Lit. He">c</a></span> will tear down their altars,</p> <p class="poetry2">he will destroy their stone idols.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:2 Or pillars">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>From now on they will say,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘We have no king,</p> <p class="poetry2">because we did not fear the LORD—</p> <p class="poetry2">and what would a king do for us?’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their word is falsely given</p> <p class="poetry2">as they make their agreements;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:4 Lit. make a covenant">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">so judgment springs up</p> <p class="poetry2">like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:4 Cf. Deut 29:18">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“The residents of Samaria will be terrified</p> <p class="poetry2">because of the cows<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:5 i.e. Canaanite heifer deities">g</a></span> of Beth-aven.</p> <p class="poetry2">Its people will mourn over Beth-aven,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:5 Lit. it">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">along with the priests who will mourn its glory,</p> <p class="poetry2">because that glory has departed.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:5 The Heb. verb depart is similar to the Heb. verb mourn">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Indeed, that glory<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:6 Lit. Indeed, it">j</a></span> will be carried to Assyria—</p> <p class="poetry2">it will become a present for an avenging king.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:6 Cf. 2Kings 15-16; 2Chr 28:19-20">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Ephraim will be disgraced,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Israel will become ashamed of its decision.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Samaria’s king will float away</p> <p class="poetry2">like driftwood on the surface of water.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Destroyed will be the high places of Aven,</p> <p class="poetry2">that are the sin of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry2">Both thorn and thistle will grow up over their altars.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will call out to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’</p> <p class="poetry2">and to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“From the time of Gibeah,</p> <p class="poetry2">you have sinned, Israel;</p> <p class="poetry2">There they took their stand;</p> <p class="poetry2">the battle at Gibeah could not subdue the lawless.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When I’m ready, I will chasten them;</p> <p class="poetry2">and the people will gather against them,</p> <p class="poetry2">to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:10 So LXX. MT reads two eyes">l</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Israel Urged to Sow in Righteousness</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Ephraim, the well-trained heifer,</p> <p class="poetry2">loves to thresh grain,</p> <p class="poetry2">so I will spare her neck.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will turn Ephraim into a pack animal.</p> <p class="poetry2">Judah will pull the plow,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Jacob will turn up the fallow ground.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Sow in righteousness in your own interest,</p> <p class="poetry2">reap in gracious love,</p> <p class="poetry2">break up your own unprepared ground;</p> <p class="poetry2">It is now time to inquire of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:12 Or to worship">m</a></span> the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You have plowed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:13 Or fashioned">n</a></span> evil;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have reaped unrighteousness;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy;</p> <p class="poetry2">because you trusted in your own direction,</p> <p class="poetry2">and in the number of your mighty forces.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore a disaster will come upon your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all of your fortresses will be ruined.</p> <p class="poetry2">As Shalman<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:14 Possibly Shalmaneser, king of Assyria; cf. 2Kings 17:3">o</a></span> destroyed Beth-arbel in wartime,</p> <p class="poetry2">mothers were<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:14 Lit. a mother was">p</a></span> dashed to pieces</p> <p class="poetry2">along with their children.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The same will happen to you, Bethel,</p> <p class="poetry2">because of your great evil—</p> <p class="poetry2">early one morning the king of Israel will be totally silenced.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 10:1 Or <i>empty</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 10:1 Or <i>pillars</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 10:2 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 10:2 Or <i>pillars</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 10:4 Lit. <i>make a covenant</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 10:4 Cf. Deut 29:18<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 10:5 i.e. Canaanite heifer deities<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 10:5 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 10:5 The Heb. verb <i>depart</i> is similar to the Heb. verb <i>mourn</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 10:6 Lit. <i>Indeed, it</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 10:6 Cf. 2Kings 15-16; 2Chr 28:19-20<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 10:10 So LXX. 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