Hosea 10:8-15
Hosea 10:8-15 TPT
The hilltop shrines, the vanity and sin of Israel, will be demolished. Thorns and thistles will overgrow and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Bury us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” “Israel, since the days of Gibeah, you have not stopped sinning. From then until now, you have persisted in your ways. Were not the evildoers overtaken by war in Gibeah? When I am ready, I will discipline these wayward people, and armies will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sins.” YAHWEH says, “Ephraim was once obedient like a well-trained cow that loved to thresh the grain. Seeing her fair neck, I thought I would put Ephraim in the yoke. Judah will have to plow; Jacob must level the soil. Sow seeds of righteousness for yourselves, and you will reap a harvest of God’s unending love. Break up the hard, fallow ground of your heart. For it is time to seek YAHWEH’s favor until he comes to pour out righteousness on you like falling rain. But instead, you have cultivated lawlessness and reaped a harvest of injustice. You have eaten the fruit of your lies. Because you have trusted in your own strength and in your vast, mighty army, war cries will break out against your people, and all your fortified cities will be destroyed. Just as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when children and their mothers were dashed to death on the ground, so it will be done to you, Bethel, because of your evil stacked upon evil. At dawn, as the battle begins, your kingship will be no more.”
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