Hosea 10

The Vine and the Calf

1Israel is a lush # 10:1 Or ravaged vine; # 10:1 Is 5:1–7; Ezk 15:1–6

it yields fruit for itself.

The more his fruit increased,

the more he increased the altars. # 10:1 Hs 8:11; 12:11

The better his land produced,

the better they made the sacred pillars. # 10:1 1Kg 14:23; Hs 3:4

2Their hearts are devious; # 10:2 Or divided,# 10:2 1Kg 18:21; Zph 1:5

now they must bear their guilt. # 10:2 Hs 13:16

The Lord will break down their altars # 10:2 Mc 5:13

and demolish their sacred pillars.

3In fact, they are now saying,

“We have no king!

For we do not fear the Lord. # 10:3 Ps 12:4; Is 5:19

What can a king do for us? ”

4They speak mere words,

taking false oaths while making covenants. # 10:4 Ezk 17:13–19; Hs 4:2

So lawsuits break out

like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field. # 10:4 Dt 31:16–17; 2Kg 17:3–4

5The residents of Samaria # 10:5 Hs 7:1 will have anxiety

over the calf # 10:5 Hs 8:5–6 of Beth-aven. # 10:5 Hs 4:15; 5:8

Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;

the people will mourn over it,

over its glory. # 10:5 Hs 9:11

It will certainly go into exile.

6The calf itself will be taken to Assyria # 10:6 Hs 11:5

as an offering to the great king. # 10:6 Or to King Yareb,# 10:6 Hs 5:13

Ephraim will experience shame; # 10:6 Hs 4:7

Israel will be ashamed of its counsel. # 10:6 Is 30:3; Jr 7:24

7Samaria’s king will disappear # 10:7 Or will be cut off,# 10:7 Hs 13:11

like foam # 10:7 Or a stick on the surface of the water.

8The high places # 10:8 Dt 12:2; Hs 4:13 of Aven, the sin of Israel, # 10:8 1Kg 12:28–30; 13:34

will be destroyed;

thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. # 10:8 Is 32:13; Hs 9:6

They will say to the mountains, # 10:8 Lk 23:30; Rv 6:16 “Cover us! ”

and to the hills, “Fall on us! ” # 10:8 Rv 6:16

Israel’s Defeat because of Sin

9Israel, you have sinned

since the days of Gibeah; # 10:9 Hs 5:8; 9:9

they have taken their stand there.

Will not war against the unjust

overtake them in Gibeah?

10I will discipline # 10:10 Hs 4:9 them at my discretion; # 10:10 Ezk 5:13

nations will be gathered against them

to put them in bondage # 10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined

for their double iniquity. # 10:10 Jdg 19–21; 1Kg 12:28–30

11Ephraim is a well-trained calf # 10:11 Jr 5:11; Hs 4:16

that loves to thresh,

but I will place a yoke on # 10:11 Lit will pass over her fine neck. # 10:11 Jr 28:14

I will harness Ephraim; # 10:11 Ps 66:12

Judah will plow;

Jacob will do the final plowing.

12Sow righteousness for yourselves # 10:12 Pr 11:18

and reap faithful love;

break up your unplowed ground. # 10:12 Jr 4:3

It is time to seek the Lord # 10:12 Hs 4:1; 12:6

until he comes # 10:12 Hs 6:3 and sends righteousness

on you like the rain. # 10:12 Is 44:3; 45:8

13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; # 10:13 Jb 4:8; Gl 6:7

you have eaten the fruit of lies. # 10:13 Hs 4:2; 7:3; 11:12

Because you have trusted in your own way # 10:13 LXX reads your chariots

and in your large number of soldiers, # 10:13 Ps 33:16

14the roar of battle will rise against your people,

and all your fortifications will be demolished # 10:14 Is 17:3

in a day of war,

like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.

Mothers will be dashed to pieces

along with their children. # 10:14 Hs 13:16

15So it will be done to you, Bethel, # 10:15 Hs 4:15; 10:5

because of your extreme evil.

At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.

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Hoshea 10

1Yisroel is a running gefen,

he bringeth forth p'ri unto himself;

according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the mizbechot;

according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly matzevot (stone pillars, monuments).

2Their lev is deceitful;

now shall they bear guilt;

He shall break down their mizbechot,

He shall destroy their matzevot.

3For now they shall say:

We have no Melech,

because we feared not Hashem;

but if we did have a Melech, what could he do for us?

4They have spoken words,

swearing falsely in cutting brit (covenant);

thus mishpat springeth up as poisonous herb

in the furrows of the sadeh.

5The inhabitants of Shomron tremble

because of the eglot (calf-idols) of Beit-Aven;

for the people thereof shall mourn over it,

likewise the komer (idolatrous priests),

who shout for joy over it,

for its kavod from it has departed.

6It shall be also carried unto Assyria

for a minchah (present) to the great king;

Ephrayim shall receive disgrace,

and Yisroel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

7As for Shomron,

her melech will float off like a twig upon the surface of the mayim.

8The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel,

shall be made shmad;

the kotz (thorn) and the dardar (thistle) shall come up on their mizbechot;

and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us;

and to the hills: Fall on us.

9O Yisroel, thou hast sinned

from the yamei Giv'ah;

there they have continued.

Did not milchamah (war) overtake

the bnei alvah (children of unruliness) in Giv'ah?

10When I please, I will chastise them;

amim shall be gathered against them,

when they are punished for their shtei avon (double iniquity).

11And Ephrayim is an eglah melummadah (a trained heifer),

and loveth to tread out the grain;

but I will put a yoke on her fair neck;

I will drive Ephrayim;

Yehudah shall plow,

and Ya'akov shall break his clods.

12Sow to yourselves in tzedakah,

reap in chesed;

break up your fallow ground;

for it is time to seek Hashem,

till He come and rain tzedek upon you.

13Ye have plowed resha,

ye have reaped avlah;

ye have eaten the pri kachash (fruit of lies);

because thou didst trust in thy way,

in the multitude of thy gibborim (mighty men).

14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people,

and all thy fortresses shall be devastated,

as Shalman devastated Beit-Arbel on the yom milchamah;

the em were dashed in pieces with their banim.

15So, O Beit-El, shall it be done unto you

because of your great wickedness;

in the shachar (dawn) shall the Melech Yisroel

utterly be cut off.#10:15 Isa 53:8

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