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Hosea 10

Retribution for Israel's Sin

1

Israel is a  1luxuriant  avine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he  bmade; The  2richer his land, The better  3he made the sacred  cpillars.

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Their heart is  1 afaithless; Now they must bear their  bguilt.  2The LORD will  cbreak down their altars And destroy their sacred pillars.

3

Surely now they will say, "We have  ano king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?"

4

They speak mere words,  1With  aworthless oaths they make covenants; And  bjudgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

5

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the  1 acalf of  bBeth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its  cidolatrous priests  2will cry out over it, Over its  dglory, since it has departed from it.

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The thing itself will be carried to  aAssyria As tribute to  1 bKing Jareb; Ephraim will  2be  cseized with shame And Israel will be ashamed of its  down counsel.

7

Samaria will be  acut off with her king Like a stick on the surface of the water.

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Also the  ahigh places of Aven, the  bsin of Israel, will be destroyed;  cThorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will  dsay to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"

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From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?

10

When it is My  adesire, I will  1 bchastise them; And  cthe peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.

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Ephraim is a trained  aheifer that loves to thresh, But I will  bcome over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.

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 aSow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with  1kindness;  bBreak up your fallow ground, For it is time to  cseek the LORD Until He  dcomes to  2 erain righteousness on you.

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You have  aplowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of  blies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your  cnumerous warriors,

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Therefore a tumult will arise among your people, And all your  afortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, When  bmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

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Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel will be completely cut off.



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