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Hosea 10
New King James Version

### Israel’s Sin and Captivity

10 Israel (A)empties his vine;
He brings forth fruit for himself.
According to the multitude of his fruit
(B)He has increased the altars;
According to the bounty of his land
They have embellished his sacred pillars.
2 Their heart is (C)divided;[a]
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 (D)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (E)calf[b] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [c]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (F)glory has departed from it.
6 The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King (G)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 (H)high places of [d]Aven, (I)the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
(J)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 (K)Gibeah;
There they stood.
The (L)battle in Gibeah against the children of [e]iniquity
Did not [f]overtake them.
10 When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
(M)Peoples shall be gathered against them
When I bind them [g]for their two transgressions.
11 Ephraim is (N)a trained heifer
That loves to thresh grain;
But I harnessed her fair neck,
I will make Ephraim [h]pull a plow.
Judah shall plow;
Jacob shall break his clods.”

12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
(O)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He (P)comes and rains righteousness on you.

13 (Q)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.

#### Footnotes

1. Hosea 10:2 Divided in loyalty
2. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
3. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests
4. Hosea 10:8 Lit. Idolatry or Wickedness
5. Hosea 10:9 So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Vg.; MT unruliness
6. Hosea 10:9 Or overcome
7. Hosea 10:10 Or in their two habitations
8. Hosea 10:11 Lit. to ride

#### Cross references

1. Hosea 10:1 : Nah. 2:2
2. Hosea 10:1 : Jer. 2:28; Hos. 8:11; 12:11
3. Hosea 10:2 : 1 Kin. 18:21; Zeph. 1:5; [Matt. 6:24]
4. Hosea 10:4 : Deut. 31:16, 17; 2 Kin. 17:3, 4; Amos 5:7
5. Hosea 10:5 : 1 Kin. 12:28, 29; Hos. 8:5, 6; 13:2
6. Hosea 10:5 : Hos. 9:11
7. Hosea 10:6 : Hos. 5:13
8. Hosea 10:8 : Hos. 4:15
9. Hosea 10:8 : Deut. 9:21; 1 Kin. 13:34
10. Hosea 10:8 : Is. 2:19; Luke 23:30; Rev. 6:16
11. Hosea 10:9 : Hos. 9:9
12. Hosea 10:9 : Judg. 20
13. Hosea 10:10 : Jer. 16:16
14. Hosea 10:11 : [Jer. 50:11; Hos. 4:16; Mic. 4:13]
15. Hosea 10:12 : Jer. 4:3
16. Hosea 10:12 : Hos. 6:3
17. Hosea 10:13 : [Job 4:8; Prov. 22:8; Gal. 6:7, 8]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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