HOS 10:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐμέρισαν καρδίας αὐτῶν, νῦν ἀφανισθήσονται· αὐτὸς κατασκάψει τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν, ταλαιπωρήσουσιν αἱ στῆλαι αὐτῶν.
(Emerisan kardias autōn, nun afanisthaʸsontai; autos kataskapsei ta thusiastaʸria autōn, talaipōraʸsousin hai staʸlai autōn. )

BrTr They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.

ULT Their heart is deceitful;
⇔ now they must bear their guilt.
⇔ He will break down their altars;
⇔ he will destroy their pillars.

UST They are deceitful and cannot be trusted;
⇔ but the time has come that they must pay for their sins.
⇔ Yahweh will break their altars into pieces—
⇔ the places where they gave sacrifices to their idols,
⇔ and he promises to destroy those pillars beside which they worshiped their false gods.

OEB ⇔ Their heart is false,
⇔ now they must be punished.
⇔ God himself will break the necks of their altars,
⇔ he will destroy their sacred pillars.

WEBBE Their heart is divided.
⇔ Now they will be found guilty.
⇔ He will demolish their altars.
⇔ He will destroy their sacred stones.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Their heart is slipping;
⇔ soon they will be punished for their guilt.
⇔ The Lord will break their altars;
⇔ he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

LSV Their heart has been divided, now they are guilty,
He breaks down their altars,
He destroys their standing-pillars.

FBV The people have minds that are deceptive, and now they must take responsibility for their guilt. The Lord will break apart their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

T4T They are deceitful;
⇔ so now they are guilty and must be punished.
⇔ I, Yahweh, will tear down their altars
⇔ and smash those pillars.

LEB • Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt.
• He himself[fn] will break down their altars;
• he will destroy their stone pillars.

10:? That is, “Yahweh himself”

BBE Their mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction.

Moff Deceitful was their heart;
⇔ now they must suffer for it.
⇔ Their altars shall be broken down,
⇔ their sacred stones destroyed.

JPS Their heart is divided; now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars.

ASV Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.

DRA Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.

YLT Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.

Drby Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.

RV Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall smite their altars, he shall spoil their pillars.

SLT Their heart was divided; now shall they be guilty: he will break down their altars, he shall lay waste their images.

Wbstr Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

KJB-1769 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.[fn][fn][fn]

10.2 Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heart

10.2 break…: Heb. behead

10.2 images: Heb. statues, or, standing images

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Their heart is diuided: now shall they be found faultie: hee shall breake downe their altars: he shall spoile their images.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

10:2 Or, he hath diuided their heart.

10:2 Heb. behead.

Bshps Their heart is deuided, therfore shall they nowe be destroyed, the Lorde shall breake downe their images, he shall destroy their aulters.
(Their heart is divided, therefore shall they now be destroyed, the Lord shall break down their images, he shall destroy their altars.)

Gnva Their heart is deuided: nowe shall they be founde faultie: he shall breake downe their altars: he shall destroy their images.
(Their heart is divided: now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars: he shall destroy their images. )

Cvdl Their herte is deuyded, therfore wil they be destroyed. The LORDE shall breake downe their ymages, he shal destroye their aulters.
(Their heart is divided, therefore will they be destroyed. The LORD shall break down their images, he shall destroy their altars.)

Wycl In simylacris the herte of hem is departid, now thei schulen perische. He schal breke the simylacris of hem, he schal robbe the auteris of hem.
(In simylacris the heart of hem is departed, now they should perish. He shall break the simylacris of hem, he shall rob the altars of hem.)

Luth Ihr Herz ist zertrennet; nun wird sie ihre Schuld finden. Ihre Altäre sollen zerbrochen, und ihre Kirchen sollen verstöret werden.
(You(pl) heart is separated; now becomes they/she/them their/her fault/blame(n) find. Her altars should broken, and their/her churches should disturbed become.)

ClVg Divisum est cor eorum, nunc interibunt; ipse confringet simulacra eorum, depopulabitur aras eorum.
(Divisum it_is heart their, now interibunt; exactly_that/himself will_break images their, depopulabitur altars their. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:1–8: Why Israel should be punished

In this section, Hosea gives examples of the sins of Israel. The examples show why it is fair for the LORD to judge them. This section has a similar pattern to section 9:10–17. Both sections give examples from agriculture to illustrate the joyful beginning of the relationship between the LORD and the people of Israel and their shocking response of betrayal against him. In this section, Hosea is the speaker.

Here are some other examples of section headings:

Retribution for Israel’s Sin (NASB)

The Lord’s judgment against Israel (NLT)

Hosea warns Israel that it will be punished

Paragraph 10:1–2

In this paragraph, Hosea describes the changes that have occurred in Israel. In the past, Israel was prosperous and productive. But the people turned away from the LORD to worship false gods. As a result of their sin, the LORD will cause their places of worship to be destroyed.

10:2a

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt.

Their heart is insincere/false, and now they will suffer for their guilt.
They are hypocrites, and now is the time for them to receive the consequences for their sin.

Their hearts are devious: This expression indicates that being deviousSee Macintosh (pages 388–389) for further discussion. was a characteristic of the people that resulted from their faulty and perverse reasoning.Macintosh (page 389) and McComiskey (page 160).

Here are other ways to translate this expression:

Their heart is false (NRSV)

They have an insincere heart

Their heart is deceptive

Their hearts: The people of Israel considered the heart to be the center of attitudes and thoughts. Some languages use a different body organ, such as the liver, to signify the center of attitudes and thoughts. Use an expression that is natural in your language for this purpose.

In Hebrew, the word Their is plural but “heart” is singular. The phrase Their heart indicates that the people share in common a deceitful way of thinking. In some languages, it may be unnatural to refer to a group of people as having one heart. If so, it may be necessary to make the word “heart” or other body organ plural. For example:

The people whose hearts are deceitful (GNT)

In some languages, it may be preferable to express the same meaning without reference to a body organ. For example:

They are hypocrites (GW)

You are deceitful and disloyal (CEV)

now they must bear their guilt: This clause indicates that the time has arrived for the LORD to punish the nation. He will make them pay or suffer for their guilt.HALOT (electronic ed., pages 95–96), McComiskey (page 160). The word now indicates that he will not wait any longer.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

they are guilty and must be punished (NLT)

The people whose hearts are deceitful must now suffer for their sins. (GNT)

They will be punished for their sins.

10:2b

The LORD will break down their altars

Yahweh himself will break down their altars
Yahweh will cause your^(plur) altars to be destroyed.

10:2c

and demolish their sacred pillars.

and destroy their sacred shrines.
He will cause your stone pillars to be smashed.

10:2b–c

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^2bThe LORD will break down their altars

^2cand demolish their sacred pillars.

The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars: These lines describe what the LORDThe Hebrew word is literally the pronoun “he.” Some rabbinic scholars of the past interpreted the pronoun referent to be “their heart.” Jerome, however, interpreted the pronoun referent to be “the LORD.” See Macintosh (pages 389–390) for more details. Most modern scholars and versions follow Jerome’s interpretation. will do to the altars and sacred pillars that Hosea described in 10:1b–c. He will destroy them. The form of the Hebrew pronoun that is used here emphasizes the LORD as the agent of destruction. Some versions make this emphasis explicit. For example:

He himself will hack down their altars and wreck their sacred pillars. (NJB)