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Hosea|10:1|-|Israel is a luxuriant |a|vine;He brings forth fruit for |1|himself.
According to the abundance of his fruitHe has multiplied altars;
According to the goodness of their landThey have made pillars well.
Hosea|10:2|-|Their heart is |a|divided;Now they will be found guilty.
He Himself will break down their altars;He will destroy their pillars.
Hosea|10:3|-|For now they will say,We have |1a|no king,
For we did not fear Jehovah;And the king, what can he do for us?
Hosea|10:4|-|They speak mere words,Swearing falsely
While making a covenant;And judgment sprouts forth like poisonous weeds
In the furrows of the field.
Hosea|10:5|-|The inhabitants of Samaria will fearFor the |a|calves of |1|Beth-aven;
For its people will mourn over it,And its idol priests |2|will tremble for it,
For its glory,Because it has departed from it.
Hosea|10:6|-|Indeed it will be carried to |a|Assyria:A present to the warrior king.
Ephraim will be taken in shame,And Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea|10:7|-||a|Samaria will be cut off with her kingAnd will be like twigs on the surface of the water.
Hosea|10:8|-|And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,Will be destroyed.
The thorn and the thistle will come upUpon their altars;
And they will say to the |a|mountains, Cover us!And to the hills, Fall on us!
Hosea|10:9|-|Since the days of |a|GibeahYou have sinned, O Israel;
There they have stood.Did not the |b|battle
Overtake them in GibeahBecause of the children of iniquity?
Hosea|10:10|-|When I so desire, I will chastise them;And the peoples will be |a|gathered against them,
When they are bound for their |1|double iniquity.
Hosea|10:11|-|And Ephraim is a trained heiferThat loves to tread the grain;
But I have passed the yokeOver her fair neck:
I will make Ephraim draw the plow;Judah will plow;
Jacob will break his clods.
Hosea|10:12|-||1a|Sow unto righteousness for yourselves;Reap according to lovingkindness;
Break up your |2|fallow ground;For it is time to seek Jehovah
Until He comes and rainsRighteousness on you.
Hosea|10:13|-|You have plowed wickedness;You have reaped injustice;
You have eaten the fruit of lying.For you have trusted in your way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.
Hosea|10:14|-|And a |1|tumult will arise among your peoples;And all your fortresses will be devastated,
As |a|Shalman devastated Beth-arbelIn the day of battle:
The mother was dashed in pieces with the children.
Hosea|10:15|-|Thus Bethel will cause this to happen to youBecause of your great evil:
At |1|dawn the king of IsraelWill be utterly cut off.
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