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Hosea 10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Retribution for Israel’s Sin

10 Israel is a luxuriant ^(A)vine;
He produces fruit for himself.
The more his fruit,
The more altars he ^(B)made;
The ^[a]richer his land,
The better ^[b]he made the ^(C)memorial stones.
²Their heart is ^[c]^(D)deceitful;
Now they must suffer for their ^(E)guilt.
^[d]The Lord will ^(F)break down their altars
And destroy their memorial stones.

³Certainly now they will say, “We have ^(G)no king,
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
⁴They speak mere words,
^[e]With ^(H)worthless oaths they make covenants;
And ^(I)judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
⁵The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the ^[f]^(J)calf of ^(K)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its ^(L)idolatrous priests ^[g]will cry out over it,
Over its ^(M)glory, since it has left it.
⁶The thing itself will be brought to ^(N)Assyria
As a gift of tribute to ^[h]^(O)King Jareb;
Ephraim will ^[i]be ^(P)seized with shame,
And Israel will be ashamed of its ^(Q)own plan.
⁷Samaria will be ^(R)destroyed with her king,
Like a twig on the surface of the water.
⁸Also the ^(S)high places of Aven, the ^(T)sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
^(U)Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;
Then they will ^(V)say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
⁹Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel;
There they stand!
Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?
¹⁰When it is My ^(W)desire, I will ^[j]^(X)discipline them;
And ^(Y)the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double guilt.

¹¹Ephraim is a trained ^(Z)heifer that loves to thresh,
^[k]And I ^(AA)passed over her lovely neck;
I will harness Ephraim,
Judah will plow, Jacob will ^[l]harrow for himself.
¹²^(AB)Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness;
Harvest in accordance with ^[m]kindness.
^(AC)Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to ^(AD)seek the Lord
Until He ^(AE)comes and ^(AF)rains righteousness on you.
¹³You have ^(AG)plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice,
You have eaten the fruit of ^(AH)lies.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your ^(AI)many warriors,
¹⁴An uproar will arise among your people,
And all your ^(AJ)fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When ^(AK)mothers were ^[n]slaughtered with their children.
¹⁵So it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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