HO-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.

HO-10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty:

he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

HO-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?

HO-10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a

covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows

of the field.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-10:7 [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon

the water.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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.

HO-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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