Hosea 10 — Legacy Standard Bible

You Have Sinned, O Israel

10Israel is a ¹luxuriant ^avine;He produces fruit for himself.The more abundant his fruit,The more altars he ^babounded;The better his land,The better ²he made the sacred ^cpillars.²Their heart is ¹^,^afaithless;Now they must bear their ^bguilt.²Yahweh will ^cbreak down their altarsAnd destroy their sacred pillars.³Surely now they will say, “We have ^ano king,For we do not fear Yahweh.As for the king, what can he do for us?”⁴They speak mere words;¹With ^aworthless oaths they cut covenants;And ^bjudgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.⁵The dweller of Samaria will fearFor the ¹^,^acalf of ^bBeth-aven.Indeed, its people will mourn for it,And its ^cidolatrous priests ²will cry out over it,Over its ^dglory, since it has gone into exile from them.⁶The thing itself will be carried to ^aAssyriaAs tribute to ¹^,^bKing Jareb;Ephraim will ^creceive shame,And Israel will be ashamed of its ^down counsel.⁷Samaria will be ^aruined with her kingLike a stick on the surface of the water.⁸Also the ^ahigh places of Aven, the ^bsin of Israel, will be ¹eradicated;^cThorn and thistle will grow on their altars;Then they will ^dsay to the mountains,“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”⁹From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;There they stand!Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?¹⁰When it is My ^adesire, I will ¹^,^bchastise them;And ^cthe peoples will be gathered against themWhen they are bound for their double guilt.

The Trained Heifer

¹¹And Ephraim is a trained ^aheifer that loves to thresh,But I will ^bcome over her fair neck with a yoke;I will harness Ephraim;Judah will plow; Jacob will harrow for himself.¹²^aSow with a view to righteousness,Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;^bBreak up your fallow ground,Indeed, it is time to ^cseek YahwehUntil He ^dcomes and ¹^,^erains righteousness on you.¹³You have ^aplowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice;You have eaten the fruit of ^bdeception.Because you have trusted in your way, in your ^cabundant warriors,¹⁴Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,And all your ^afortifications will be destroyed,As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,When ^bmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.¹⁵Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils.At dawn the king of Israel will be completely ruined.