King James VersionHosea10

Hosea

1 Is­rael is an emp­ty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto him­self: ac­cord­ing to the mul­ti­tude of his fruit he hath in­creased the al­tars; ac­cord­ing to the good­ness of his land they have made good­ly im­ages. 2 Their heart is di­vid­ed; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their al­tars, he shall spoil their im­ages. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, be­cause we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spo­ken words, swear­ing false­ly in mak­ing a covenant: thus judg­ment springeth up as hem­lock in the fur­rows of the field. 5 The in­hab­i­tants of Samaria shall fear be­cause of the calves of Bethaven: for the peo­ple there­of shall mourn over it, and the priests there­of that re­joiced on it, for the glo­ry there­of, be­cause it is de­part­ed from it. 6 It shall be also car­ried unto As­syr­ia for a pre­sent to king Jareb: Ephraim shall re­ceive shame, and Is­rael shall be ashamed of his own coun­sel. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the wa­ter. 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Is­rael, shall be de­stroyed: the thorn and the this­tle shall come up on their al­tars; and they shall say to the moun­tains, Cov­er us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 O Is­rael, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the bat­tle in Gibeah against the chil­dren of in­iq­ui­ty did not over­take them. 10 It is in my de­sire that I should chas­tise them; and the peo­ple shall be gath­ered against them, when they shall bind them­selves in their two fur­rows. 11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Ju­dah shall plow, and Ja­cob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to your­selves in righ­teous­ness, reap in mer­cy; break up your fal­low ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righ­teous­ness upon you. 13 Ye have plowed wicked­ness, ye have reaped in­iq­ui­ty; ye have eat­en the fruit of lies: be­cause thou didst trust in thy way, in the mul­ti­tude of thy mighty men. 14 There­fore shall a tu­mult arise among thy peo­ple, and all thy fortress­es shall be spoiled, as Shal­man spoiled Bethar­bel in the day of bat­tle: the moth­er was dashed in pieces upon her chil­dren. 15 So shall Bethel do unto you be­cause of your great wicked­ness: in a morn­ing shall the king of Is­rael ut­ter­ly be cut off.