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Hosea 10 : 1 - 15
Chapter 10
| 1 | Israel empties his vine; He brings forth fruit for himself. According to the multitude of his fruit He has increased the altars; According to the bounty of his land They have embellished his sacred pillars. |
| 2 | Their heart is divided; Now they are held guilty. He will break down their altars; He will ruin their sacred pillars. |
| 3 | For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?" |
| 4 | They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field. |
| 5 | The inhabitants of Samaria fear Because of the calf of Beth Aven. For its people mourn for it, And its priests shriek for it--Because its glory has departed from it. |
| 6 | The idol also shall be carried to Assyria As a present for King Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. |
| 7 | As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water. |
| 8 | Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!" |
| 9 | "O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; There they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity Did not overtake them. |
| 10 | When it is My desire, I will chasten them. Peoples shall be gathered against them When I bind them for their two transgressions. |
| 11 | Ephraim is a trained heifer That loves to thresh grain; But I harnessed her fair neck, I will make Ephraim pull a plow. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break his clods." |
| 12 | Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. |
| 13 | You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty men. |
| 14 | Therefore tumult shall arise among your people, And all your fortresses shall be plundered As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle--A mother dashed in pieces upon her children. |
| 15 | Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, Because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel Shall be cut off utterly. |