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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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/hosea/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Israel is a luxuriant vine</span><br /><span class="indent">that yields its fruit.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The more his fruit increased,</span><br /><span class="indent">the more altars he built;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">as his country improved,</span><br /><span class="indent">he improved his pillars.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Their heart is false;</span><br /><span class="indent">now they must bear their guilt.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew He">a</a></sup></span> will break down their altars</span><br /><span class="indent">and destroy their pillars.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For now they will say:</span><br /><span class="indent">“We have no king,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for we do not fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">and a king—what could he do for us?”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They utter mere words;</span><br /><span class="indent">with empty<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)">b</a></sup></span> oaths they make covenants;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds</span><br /><span class="indent">in the furrows of the field.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The inhabitants of Samaria tremble</span><br /><span class="indent">for the calf<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or calves">c</a></sup></span> of Beth-aven.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—</span><br /><span class="indent">those who rejoiced over it and over its glory—</span><br /><span class="indent">for it has departed<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or has gone into exile">d</a></sup></span> from them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria</span><br /><span class="indent">as tribute to the great king.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or to King Jareb">e</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">Ephraim shall be put to shame,</span><br /><span class="indent">and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or counsel">f</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Samaria’s king shall perish</span><br /><span class="indent">like a twig on the face of the waters.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,</span><br /><span class="indent">shall be destroyed.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Thorn and thistle shall grow up</span><br /><span class="indent">on their altars,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”</span><br /><span class="indent">and to the hills, “Fall on us.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;</span><br /><span class="indent">there they have continued.</span><br /><span class="indent">Shall not the war against the unjust<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the children of injustice">g</a></sup></span> overtake them in Gibeah?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When I please, I will discipline them,</span><br /><span class="indent">and nations shall be gathered against them</span><br /><span class="indent">when they are bound up for their double iniquity.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Ephraim was a trained calf</span><br /><span class="indent">that loved to thresh,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I spared her fair neck;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">but I will put Ephraim to the yoke;</span><br /><span class="indent">Judah must plow;</span><br /><span class="indent">Jacob must harrow for himself.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sow for yourselves righteousness;</span><br /><span class="indent">reap steadfast love;</span><br /><span class="indent">break up your fallow ground,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for it is the time to seek the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have plowed iniquity;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have reaped injustice;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have eaten the fruit of lies.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Because you have trusted in your own way</span><br /><span class="indent">and in the multitude of your warriors,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;</span><br /><span class="indent">mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,</span><br /><span class="indent">because of your great evil.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">At dawn the king of Israel</span><br /><span class="indent">shall be utterly cut off.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Hebrew <i>He</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>vain</i> (see Exodus 20:7)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>calves</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">has</span> gone into exile</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">to</span> King Jareb</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>counsel</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> children of injustice</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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