The Vine and the Calf
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In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.(G)
What can a king do for us?”
4 “We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.(G)
What can a king do for us?”
They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.(H)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(I)
taking false oaths while making covenants.(H)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(I)
Israel’s Defeat because of Sin
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Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(X)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
10 since the days of Gibeah;(X)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
I will discipline(Y) them at My discretion;(Z)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage(f)
for their two crimes.(AA)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage(f)
for their two crimes.(AA)
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Sow righteousness for yourselves(AE)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(AF)
It is time to seek the Lord(AG)
until He comes(AH) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(AI)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(AF)
It is time to seek the Lord(AG)
until He comes(AH) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(AI)
Footnotes:
a.
Hosea 10:1: Or ravaged
b.
Hosea 10:2: Or divided
c.
Hosea 10:6: Or to King Yareb
d.
Hosea 10:7: Or will be cut off
e.
Hosea 10:7: Or a stick
f.
Hosea 10:10: LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined
g.
Hosea 10:11: Lit will pass over
h.
Hosea 10:13: LXX reads your chariots
Cross references:
F.
Hosea 10:2:
Micah 5:13
J.
Hosea 10:5:
Hosea 7:1
M.
Hosea 10:5:
Hosea 9:11
N.
Hosea 10:6:
Hosea 11:5
O.
Hosea 10:6:
Hosea 5:13
P.
Hosea 10:6:
Hosea 4:7
V.
Hosea 10:8:
Luke 23:30
Y.
Hosea 10:10:
Hosea 4:9
AB.
Hosea 10:11:
Jeremiah 5:11
AD.
Hosea 10:11:
Psalm 66:12
AF.
Hosea 10:12:
Jeremiah 4:3
AH.
Hosea 10:12:
Hosea 6:3
AJ.
Hosea 10:13:
Job 4:8
AL.
Hosea 10:13:
Psalm 33:16
AM.
Hosea 10:14:
Isaiah 17:3
AN.
Hosea 10:14:
Hosea 13:16