Hosea 10

The Lord Will Punish Israel

1 q Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
r the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
 2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord 1 will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.

3 For now they will say:
s "We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king - what could he do for us?"
 4 They utter t mere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so u judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
v in the furrows of the field.
 5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for w the calf 2 of x Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests -
those who rejoiced over it and y over its glory -
for it has departed 3 from them.
 6 z The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to a the great king. 4
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed b of his idol. 5

7 c Samaria's king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
 8 The high places of x Aven, d the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
e Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and f they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us,"
and to the hills, "Fall on us."

9 From g the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust 6 overtake them in Gibeah?
 10 h When I please, i I will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for j their double iniquity.

11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that k loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put l Ephraim to the yoke;
l Judah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
 12 m Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
n break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and o rain righteousness upon you.

13 p You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
 14 therefore q the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as r Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
s mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
 15 Thus it shall be done to you, O t Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn a the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 80:8 - 11
    You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
  2. Cross References
    Hosea 8:11
    Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 10:7
    Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.
    Hosea 10:15
    Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.
    1 Samuel 12:12
    And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 4:2
    There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  5. Cross References
    Amos 5:7
    O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
    Amos 6:12
    Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood -
  6. Cross References
    Hosea 12:11
    If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:28
    So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
  8. Cross References
    Hosea 4:15
    Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the Lord lives.
  9. Cross References
    Hosea 9:11
    Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
    1 Samuel 4:21 - 22
    And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:2
    They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.
  11. Cross References
    Hosea 5:13
    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
  12. Cross References
    Hosea 11:6
    The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
  13. Cross References
    Hosea 10:3
    For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord ; and a king - what could he do for us?
  14. Cross References
    Hosea 10:5
    The 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.
  15. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:30
    Then this thing became a sin, for the people went as far as Dan to be before one.
    Amos 8:14
    Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' and, 'As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again.
  16. Cross References
    Hosea 9:6
    For behold, they are going away from destruction; but Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
  17. Cross References
    Luke 23:30
    Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.
    Revelation 6:16
    Calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
    Isaiah 2:19
    And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
  18. Cross References
    Hosea 9:9
    They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 32:34
    But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
  20. Cross References
    Hosea 7:12
    As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.
  21. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:28
    So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:4
    You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
    1 Corinthians 9:9
    For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
    1 Timothy 5:18
    For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages.
  23. Cross References
    Hosea 6:4
    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
  24. Cross References
    Hosea 6:4
    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
  25. Cross References
    Hosea 8:7
    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
    Galatians 6:8
    For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:3
    For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:8
    Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it.
  28. Cross References
    Hosea 8:7
    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
  29. Cross References
    Hosea 1:5
    And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.
  30. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:3
    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
  31. Cross References
    Hosea 13:16
    Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  32. Cross References
    Hosea 10:5
    The 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.
  33. Cross References
    Hosea 10:6
    The 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.
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