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Hosea 10
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| 10:1
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. |
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| 10:2
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break
down their altars, he shall spoil their images. |
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| 10:3
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD;
what then should a king do to us? |
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| 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. |
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| 10:5
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. |
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| 10:6
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. |
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| 10:7
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. |
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| 10:8
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. |
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| 10:9
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. |
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| 10:10
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. |
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| 10:11
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. |
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| 10:12
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. |
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| 10:13
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. |
 (10:14)
God will punish Israel by "dashing" together mothers and their children.
"A tumult arise among thy people ... the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children."
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| 10:14
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.
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| 10:15
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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