Hosea 10:1 Israel3478is an empty1238 vine,1612 he bringeth forth7737 fruit6529{Or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth} unto himself: according to the multitude7230 of his fruit6529 he hath increased7235 the altars;4196 according to the goodness2896 of his land776 they have made goodly2895 images.4676{Heb. statues, or standing images}2 Their heart3820 is divided;2505{Or, he hath divided their heart} now shall they be found faulty:816 he shall break{Heb. behead} down6202 their altars,4196 he shall spoil7703 their images.46763 For now they shall say,559 We have no king,4428 because we feared3372 not the LORD;3068 what then should a king4428 do6213 to us?
4 They have spoken1696 words,1697 swearing422 falsely7723 in making3772 a covenant:1285 thus judgment4941 springeth up6524 as hemlock7219 in the furrows8525 of the field.77045 The inhabitants7934 of Samaria8111 shall fear1481 because of the calves5697 of Bethaven:1007 for the people5971 thereof shall mourn56 over it, and the priests3649{Or, Chemarims} thereof that rejoiced1523 on it, for the glory3519 thereof, because it is departed1540 from it.
6 It shall be also carried2986 unto Assyria804for a present4503 to king4428 Jareb:3377 Ephraim669 shall receive3947 shame,1317 and Israel3478 shall be ashamed954 of his own counsel.60987Asfor Samaria,8111 her king4428 is cut off1820 as the foam7110 upon6440 the water.4325{Heb. the face of the water}8 The high places1116 also of Aven,206 the sin2403 of Israel,3478 shall be destroyed:8045 the thorn6975 and the thistle1863 shall come up5927 on their altars;4196 and they shall say559 to the mountains,2022 Cover3680 us; and to the hills,1389 Fall5307 on us.
Hosea 10:9 O Israel,3478 thou hast sinned2398 from the days3117 of Gibeah:1390 there they stood:5975 the battle4421 in Gibeah1390 against the children1121 of iniquity5932 did not overtake5381 them.
10Itis in my desire185 that I should chastise3256 them; and the people5971 shall be gathered622 against them, when they shall bind631 themselves in their two8147 furrows.5869{Or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or in their two habitations}11 And Ephraim669isas an heifer5697thatis taught,3925and loveth157 to tread out1758thecorn; but I passed over5674 upon her fair2898 neck:6677{Heb. the beauty of her neck} I will make Ephraim669 to ride;7392 Judah3063 shall plow,2790and Jacob3290 shall break his clods.7702
Hosea 10:12 Sow2232 to yourselves in righteousness,6666 reap7114 in6310 mercy;2617 break up5214 your fallow ground:5215 for itis time6256 to seek1875 the LORD,3068 till he come935 and rain3384 righteousness6664 upon you.
13 Ye have plowed2790 wickedness,7562 ye have reaped7114 iniquity;5766 ye have eaten398 the fruit6529 of lies:3585 because thou didst trust982 in thy way,1870 in the multitude7230 of thy mighty men.136814 Therefore shall a tumult7588 arise6965 among thy people,5971 and all thy fortresses4013 shall be spoiled,7703 as Shalman8020 spoiled7701 Betharbel1009 in the day3117 of battle:4421 the mother517 was dashed in pieces7376 upon her children.112115 So3602 shall Bethel1008 do6213 unto you because6440 of your great7451 wickedness:7451{Heb. the evil of your evil} in a morning7837 shall the king4428 of Israel3478 utterly1820 be cut off.1820