Old Testament
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
New Testament
Hosea 10
He produced fruit for himself.
The more fruit he produced, the more altars he made.
The richer the land, the richer he made his sacred memorial stones.
so now they will suffer for their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
and destroy their sacred memorial stones.
Kings Cannot Save You
3Certainly now they will say, “We have no king,
because we did not fear the Lord,
but what could such a king do for us anyway?”
4They speak empty words.
With empty oaths, they make agreements.
That is why disputes sprout like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Yes, its people will mourn over it,
and its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
over its lost glory, because it has gone into exile.
Ephraim will be gripped with shame,
7Samaria, like her king, will be carried off
like a twig on the surface of the water.
8The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will become unusable.
Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars.
They will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Learn the Lesson of Gibeah
9Israel, you have sinned ever since the days of Gibeah,
where the evildoers took their stand.
The war against the evildoers caught up with them at Gibeah, did it not?
Peoples will be gathered against them
11Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh.
I will harness Ephraim.
Judah will plow.
Jacob will break up the ground.
12Sow righteousness for yourselves,
and reap mercy.
Break up your fallow ground.
It is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
13You have plowed wickedness.
You have reaped injustice.
You have eaten the fruit of your lies,
because you trusted in your own way,
in the large number of your strong warriors.
14Therefore the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
Mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
15This is what will be done to you, Bethel,
because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.
Footnotes
- 10:1 The Hebrew word may have a negative connotation like invasive.
- 10:2 Or divided
- 10:5 Variant calves
- 10:6 The text of the last word of the line is uncertain.
- 10:6 Or plan. The meaning of the last word is uncertain.
- 10:10 The text of the line is uncertain.
- 10:10 Or two crimes. The text of the line is uncertain.
- 10:11 The text of the line is uncertain.
- 10:14 The king of Assyria