Hosea 10 - 11 — Legacy Standard Bible

You Have Sinned, O Israel

10Israel is a ¹luxuriant ^avine;He produces fruit for himself.The more abundant his fruit,The more altars he ^babounded;The better his land,The better ²he made the sacred ^cpillars.²Their heart is ¹^,^afaithless;Now they must bear their ^bguilt.²Yahweh will ^cbreak down their altarsAnd destroy their sacred pillars.³Surely now they will say, “We have ^ano king,For we do not fear Yahweh.As for the king, what can he do for us?”⁴They speak mere words;¹With ^aworthless oaths they cut covenants;And ^bjudgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.⁵The dweller of Samaria will fearFor 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 gone into exile from them.⁶The thing itself will be carried to ^aAssyriaAs tribute to ¹^,^bKing Jareb;Ephraim will ^creceive shame,And Israel will be ashamed of its ^down counsel.⁷Samaria will be ^aruined with her kingLike a stick on the surface of the water.⁸Also the ^ahigh places of Aven, the ^bsin of Israel, will be ¹eradicated;^cThorn and thistle will grow on their altars;Then they will ^dsay to the mountains,“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”⁹From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;There they stand!Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?¹⁰When it is My ^adesire, I will ¹^,^bchastise them;And ^cthe peoples will be gathered against themWhen they are bound for their double guilt.

The Trained Heifer

¹¹And 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.¹²^aSow with a view to righteousness,Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;^bBreak up your fallow ground,Indeed, it is time to ^cseek YahwehUntil He ^dcomes and ¹^,^erains righteousness on you.¹³You have ^aplowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice;You have eaten the fruit of ^bdeception.Because you have trusted in your way, in your ^cabundant warriors,¹⁴Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,And all your ^afortifications will be destroyed,As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,When ^bmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.¹⁵Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils.At dawn the king of Israel will be completely ruined.

The Beloved Son

11When Israel was a youth I loved him,And ^aout of Egypt I ^bcalled My son.²The more ¹^,^athey called them,The more they went from ²them;They kept ^bsacrificing to the BaalsAnd ^cburning incense to graven images.³Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk;¹I ^atook them in My arms;But they did not know that I ^bhealed them.⁴I ^aled them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,And ^bI became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;And I bent down and ^cfed them.⁵¹They will not return to the land of Egypt;But Assyria—he will be ²their kingBecause they ^arefused to return to Me.⁶And the ^asword will whirl against ¹their citiesAnd will consume ²their gate barsAnd ^bdevour them because of their ^ccounsels.⁷So My people are hung up on ^aturning from Me.Though ¹they call ²them to the One on high,None at all exalts Him.⁸^aHow can I give you up, O Ephraim?How can I surrender you, O Israel?How can I give you over to be like ^bAdmah?How can I make you like ^cZeboiim?My heart is turned over within Me;¹All My compassions are stirred.⁹I will ^anot execute My burning anger;I will not make Ephraim a ruin ^bagain.For ^cI am God and not man, the ^dHoly One in your midst,And I will not come in ¹wrath.¹⁰They will ^awalk after Yahweh;He will ^broar like a lion;Indeed, He will roar,And His sons will come ^ctrembling from the west.¹¹They will come trembling like birds from ^aEgyptAnd like ^bdoves from the land of ^cAssyria;And I will ^dsettle them in their houses, declares Yahweh.¹²¹Ephraim surrounds Me with ²^,^aliesAnd the house of Israel with deceit;And Judah is also unruly against God,Even against the Holy One who is faithful.