# Hosea 10 đź“–
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## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Israel is Guilty of Fertility Cult Worship
[[#Verse 01.]]Â Israel 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.
[[#Verse 02.]]Â Their hearts are slipping;
soon they will be punished for their guilt.
The Lord will break their altars;
he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.
### The Lord Will Punish Israel by Removing Its Kings
[[#Verse 03.]] Very soon they will say, “We have no king
since we did not fear the Lord.
But what can a king do for us anyway?”
[[#Verse 04.]] They 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.
### The Calf Idol and Idolaters of Samaria Will Be Exiled
[[#Verse 05.]] The 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.
[[#Verse 06.]] Even 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.
[[#Verse 07.]]Â Samaria and its king will be carried off
like a twig on the surface of the waters.
[[#Verse 08.]] The 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!”
### Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah
[[#Verse 09.]] O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah,
and there you have remained.
Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?
[[#Verse 10.]] When I please, I will discipline them;
I will gather nations together to attack them,
to bind them in chains for their two sins.
### Fertility Imagery: Plowing, Sowing, and Reaping
[[#Verse 11.]]Â Ephraim 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!
[[#Verse 12.]]Â Sow 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.
[[#Verse 13.]]Â But 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.
### Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel
[[#Verse 14.]]Â The 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.
[[#Verse 15.]]Â So will it happen to you, O Bethel,
because of your great wickedness!
When that day dawns,
the king of Israel will be destroyed.
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