Hosea 10 (NET)

Hosea 10:1¹Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 8:11Hos 12:11Isa 5:1-7Lev 26:1Phil 2:211 Kgs 14:23Jer 2:28Rom 14:7-8Ezek 15:1-5John 15:1-6

Hosea 10:2²Their hearts are slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:21Mic 5:13Jas 4:4Jas 1:8Luke 16:13Rev 3:15-16Zeph 1:51 Sam 5:4Hos 10:5-8Hos 13:16

Hosea 10:3³Very soon they will say, “We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 10:15Hos 10:7Hos 13:11Gen 49:10Hos 3:4John 19:15Mic 4:9Hos 11:5

Hosea 10:4⁴They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:7Amos 6:12Hos 4:22 Kgs 17:3-4Deut 29:18Ezek 17:13-192 Tim 3:3Acts 8:23Heb 12:15Hos 6:7

Hosea 10:5⁵The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 9:112 Kgs 23:5Hos 5:8Hos 4:15Hos 8:5-61 Sam 4:21-22Hos 13:22 Chr 11:152 Kgs 10:292 Kgs 17:16

Hosea 10:6⁶Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 5:13Isa 30:3Jer 7:24Dan 11:82 Kgs 17:3Ezek 36:31Hos 11:5-6Hos 4:19Hos 4:7Hos 8:6

Hosea 10:7⁷Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 10:32 Kgs 1:3Jude 1:131 Kgs 21:12 Kgs 15:302 Kgs 17:4Hos 10:15Hos 13:11

Hosea 10:8⁸The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:30Rev 6:16Isa 2:191 Kgs 12:28-30Amos 8:14Hos 9:6Isa 32:131 Kgs 13:21 Kgs 13:341 Kgs 14:16

Hosea 10:9⁹O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 9:9Judg 20:5Judg 19:22-30Gen 6:5Gen 8:21Judg 20:13-14Judg 20:17-48Matt 23:31-32Zeph 3:6-7

Hosea 10:10¹⁰When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:13Hos 4:9Jer 16:16Deut 28:63Ezek 16:37Ezek 16:42Ezek 23:46Ezek 23:9Hos 8:1Hos 8:10

Hosea 10:11¹¹Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 4:16Deut 25:4Jer 50:112 Chr 28:5-8Hos 11:4Hos 2:5Hos 3:1Hos 9:1Isa 28:24Rom 16:18

Hosea 10:12¹²Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:3-4Jas 3:18Isa 45:8Prov 11:18Isa 55:6Hos 6:3Jer 29:12-14Isa 44:3Eccl 11:6Ps 105:4

Hosea 10:13¹³But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 4:8Gal 6:7-8Prov 1:31Prov 22:8Hos 8:7Prov 18:20-21Ps 62:10Eccl 9:11Hos 7:3Prov 12:19

Hosea 10:14¹⁴The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 13:162 Kgs 18:9-10Hab 1:102 Kgs 17:162 Kgs 18:332 Kgs 19:11-13Amos 3:8Amos 9:5Gen 32:11Isa 13:16-18

Hosea 10:15¹⁵So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 10:5Amos 7:9-17Hos 10:7Rom 7:13Hos 10:3Isa 16:14