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Hosea 10 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 10
Israel’s Sin and Captivity
The Punishment of Israel
1 Israel empties his vine;
​​He brings forth fruit for himself.
​​According to the multitude of his fruit
​​He has increased the altars;
​​According to the bounty of his land
​​They have embellished his sacred pillars.
2 ​​Their heart is divided;
​​Now they are held guilty.
​​He will break down their altars;
​​He will ruin their sacred pillars.
​
3 ​​For now they say,
​​“We have no king,
​​Because we did not fear the LORD.
​​And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
4 ​​They have spoken words,
​​Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
​​Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
​
5 ​​The inhabitants of Samaria fear
​​Because of the calf[fn] of Beth Aven.
​​For its people mourn for it,
​​And its priests shriek for it—
​​Because its glory has departed from it.
6 ​​The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
​​As a present for King Jareb.
​​Ephraim shall receive shame,
​​And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
​
7 ​​As for Samaria, her king is cut off
​​Like a twig on the water.
8 ​​Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
​​Shall be destroyed.
​​The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
​​They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
​​And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
​
9 ​​“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah;
​​There they stood.
​​The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity[fn]
​​Did not overtake them.
10 ​​When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
​​Peoples shall be gathered against them
​​When I bind them for their two transgressions.[fn]
11 ​​Ephraim is a trained heifer
​​That loves to thresh grain;
​​But I harnessed her fair neck,
​​I will make Ephraim pull a plow.
​​Judah shall plow;
​​Jacob shall break his clods.”
​
12 ​​Sow for yourselves righteousness;
​​Reap in mercy;
​​Break up your fallow ground,
​​For it is time to seek the LORD,
​​Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.
​
13 ​​You have plowed wickedness;
​​You have reaped iniquity.
​​You have eaten the fruit of lies,
​​Because you trusted in your own way,
​​In the multitude of your mighty men.
14 ​​Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
​​And all your fortresses shall be plundered
​​As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
​​A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
15 ​​Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
​​Because of your great wickedness.
​​At dawn the king of Israel
​​Shall be cut off utterly.
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NKJV Footnotes
Literally calves
So read many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads unruliness.
Or in their two habitations
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