Hosea 10 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Vine and the Calf

10 Israel is a lush^[a] vine;^(A)
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.^(B)
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.^(C)
²Their hearts are devious;^[b]^(D)
now they must bear their guilt.^(E)
The Lord will break down their altars^(F)
and demolish their sacred pillars.
³In fact, they are now saying,
‘We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.^(G)
What can a king do for us? ’
⁴They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.^(H)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.^(I)

⁵The residents of Samaria^(J) will have anxiety
over the calf^(K) of Beth-aven.^(L)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.^(M)
It will certainly go into exile.
⁶The calf itself will be taken to Assyria^(N)
as an offering to the great king.^[c]^(O)
Ephraim will experience shame;^(P)
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.^(Q)
⁷Samaria’s king will disappear^[d]^(R)
like foam^[e] on the surface of the water.
⁸The high places^(S) of Aven, the sin of Israel,^(T)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.^(U)
They will say to the mountains,^(V) ‘Cover us! ’
and to the hills, ‘Fall on us! ’^(W)

Israel’s Defeat because of Sin

⁹Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;^(X)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
¹⁰I will discipline^(Y) them at my discretion;^(Z)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage^[f]
for their double iniquity.^(AA)

¹¹Ephraim is a well-trained calf^(AB)
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on^[g] her fine neck.^(AC)
I will harness Ephraim;^(AD)
Judah will plough;
Jacob will do the final ploughing.
¹²Sow righteousness for yourselves^(AE)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unploughed ground.^(AF)
It is time to seek the Lord^(AG)
until he comes^(AH) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.^(AI)

¹³You have ploughed wickedness and reaped injustice;^(AJ)
you have eaten the fruit of lies.^(AK)
Because you have trusted in your own way^[h]
and in your large number of soldiers,^(AL)
¹⁴the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished^(AM)
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.^(AN)
¹⁵So it will be done to you, Bethel,^(AO)
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.

Footnotes

10:1 Or ravaged
10:2 Or divided
10:6 Or to King Yareb
10:7 Or will be cut off
10:7 Or a stick
10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined
10:11 Lit will pass over
10:13 LXX reads your chariots

Cross references

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)