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CHAP. X.

Israel is reproued and threatned for their impietie and idolatry.

¹Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruite vnto himselfe: according to the multitude of his fruite, he hath increased the altars, according to the goodnesse of his land, they haue made goodly images.¹

²Their heart is diuided: now shall they be found faultie: hee shall breake downe their altars: he shall spoile their images.²

³For now they shall say, We haue no King, because we feared not the Lord, What then should a King doe to vs?

⁴They haue spoken words, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement springeth vp as hemlocke in the furrowes of the field.

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria shall feare, because of the calues of Bethauen: for the people thereof shall mourne ouer it, and the priests thereof that reioyced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.⁵

⁶It shall be also caried vnto Assyria for a present to King Iareb: Ephraim shall receiue shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his owne counsell.⁶

⁷As for Samaria, her King is cut off as the fome vpon the water.⁷

⁸The high places also of Auen, the sinne of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorne and the thistle shall come vp on their altars; and they shall say to the mountaines, Couer vs; and to the hilles, Fall on vs.⁸

⁹O Israel, thou hast sinned from the dayes of Gibeah: there they stood: the battell in Gibeah against the children of iniquitie did not ouertake them.

¹⁰It is in my desire that I should chastise them, and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselues in their two furrowes.¹⁰

¹¹And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught and loueth to tread out the corne, but I passed ouer vpon her faire necke: I will make Ephraim to ride: Iudah shall plow, and Iacob shall breake his clods.¹¹

Israel vnthankefull.

¹²Sow to your selues in righteousnesse, reape in mercie: breake vp your fallow ground: for it is time to seeke the Lord, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you.¹²

¹³Ye haue plowed wickednesse, yee haue reaped iniquitie, ye haue eaten the fruite of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mightie men.

¹⁴Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall bee spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battell: the mother was dashed in pieces vpon her children.¹⁴

¹⁵So shall Bethel doe vnto you, because of your great wickednesse: in a morning shall the king of Israel be vtterly cut off.¹⁵

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Hosea Chapter 10

¹ Or, a vine emptying the fruite which it giueth. , Heb. statues, or standing images.
² Or, he hath diuided their heart. , Heb. behead.
⁵ Chemarims,
⁶ Chap.5. 13.
⁷ Heb. the face of the water.
⁸ Isai. 2. 19. luc.23.30. reu.6.16. and 9.6.
¹⁰ Or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or in their two habitations.
¹¹ Heb. the beautie of her necke.
¹² Ier.4.4.
¹⁴ 2.King.18 19.
¹⁵ Hebr. the euill of your euill.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania