Hosea 10

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   Israel is reproved and threatened.
   ¹ 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.
   ² Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty; he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
   ³ For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?
   ⁴ They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
   ⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven; 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.
   ⁶ It shall also be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb; Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
   ⁷ As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
   ⁸ 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.
   ⁹ 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.
   ¹⁰ 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.
   ¹¹ And Ephraim is as a 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 plough, and Jacob shall break his clods.
   ¹² 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.
   ¹³ Ye have ploughed 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.
   ¹⁴ Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle; the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
   ¹⁵ So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness; in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.