Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel;
There they stand!
Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?
10 When it is My (A)desire, I will [a](B)discipline them;
And (C)the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double guilt.

11 Ephraim is a trained (D)heifer that loves to thresh,
[b]And I (E)passed over her lovely neck;
I will harness Ephraim,
Judah will plow, Jacob will [c]harrow for himself.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:10 Or instruct
  2. Hosea 10:11 Or But I put a yoke on her lovely
  3. Hosea 10:11 I.e., pull a harrow, a farming device

“Since the days of Gibeah,(A) you have sinned,(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?
10 When I please, I will punish(C) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke(D)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken