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Hosea 10:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you. "

Hosea 10:12

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10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions.

11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.

12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

13 You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

14 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

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Hosea 10:1

"Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones."

Hosea 10:2

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

Hosea 10:3

"Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?”"

Hosea 10:4

"They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field."

Hosea 10:5

"The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven, for its people will mourn over it, along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it."

Hosea 10:6

"It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel."

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