      | ¶ | 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. | |
 | Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. | ||
| ¶ | For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? | |
| They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ¶ | 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. | |
| [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. | ||
| 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. | ||
 | ¶ | 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
 | So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. |
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Hosea - Chapter 10
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