Hosea 10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the
altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found
faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because
we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Hosea 10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in
making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of
the field.
Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of
the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the
priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is
departed from it.
Hosea 10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a
present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea 10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam
upon the water.
Hosea 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars;
and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Hosea 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of
Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of
iniquity did not overtake them.
Hosea 10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them;
and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind
themselves in their two furrows.
Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and
loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will
make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in
mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he
come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped
iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy
way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Hosea 10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy
people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled
Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her
children.
Hosea 10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your
great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
