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Hosea

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Chapter 10

¹Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. As his fruit increased, he increased the altars; as his land improved, he improved his pillars. ²Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars. ³For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king—what can he do for us?” ⁴They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. ⁵The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced over it and over its glory—for it has departed from them. ⁶The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol. ⁷Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters. ⁸The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,” and to the hills, “Fall on us.” ⁹From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not war overtake them in Gibeah for this? ¹⁰I will discipline them as I see fit, and peoples shall be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions. ¹¹Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put a rider on Ephraim; Judah must plow; Jacob must break up his fallow ground. ¹²Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. ¹³You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your warriors, ¹⁴therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children. ¹⁵Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.