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Hosea 10

10 A wanton vine was Israel,

and lavishly he bore;

the more his fruit increased,

the more increased his altars;

the better his land grew,

the better he made his sacred stones.

2 Deceitful was their heart;

now they must suffer for it.

Their altars shall be broken down,

their sacred stones destroyed.

3 They may say, at this day,

“But have we not a king?”

Ah, if men have no reverence for the Eternal,

what is the good of a king?

4 Empty words, perjuries, treaties, what do they yield?

Punishing judgment like poisonous weeds

in a furrowed field.

5 The citizens of Samaria bemoan

the Calf of Beth-Aven;

for it the worshippers groan,

the priestlings tremble

for its vanished glory.

6 The Calf is carried to Assyria,

as tribute to the great Monarch–

to the disgrace of Ephraim,

till Israel is ashamed of his idol.

7 Samaria’s king is torn from her,

tossed like a chip on the water.

8 The idolatrous heights shall be destroyed

(the sin of Israel);

thorns and thistles grow upon their altars.

And men shall cry to the hills, “Cover us!”

and to the mountains, “Fall on us!”

9 Ever since Gibeah, Israel has sinned–

when the dastards opposed me.

And shall not war catch them at Gibeah?

10 In my wrath I will chastise them,

gathering nations to attack them,

in chastisement for their twofold offence.

11 Ephraim was a heifer tamed,

loving to tread the threshing-floor;

but when I bent her fair neck under the yoke,

I forced Ephraim into harness,

Judah had to drag the plough,

Jacob had to harrow.

12 Sow justice for yourselves,

and reap a harvest of God’s love;

break up your fallow ground,

by seeking the knowledge of the Eternal;

you must seek the Eternal,

till he comes to rain salvation on you.

13 You have been ploughing evil,

and you reaped disaster;

you have had to eat the harvest of your lies.

14 Because you relied on your chariots,

on your host of war-horses,

in your towns shall tumults rise,

and all your forts be crushed;

as Shalman crushed Beth-Arbel,

massacring mothers and their babes together,

15 so will I deal with you, O house of Israel,

for your gross wickedness,

and in the storm the king of Israel

shall disappear.

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