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Read›Hosea›Chapter 10

Retribution for Israel’s Sin

Hosea 10:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
KJV
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heartbreak…: Heb. beheadimages: Heb. statues, or, standing images
WEB
Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
ASV
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
LSV
Their heart has been divided, now they are guilty, || He breaks down their altars, || He destroys their standing-pillars.
YLT
Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.
DBY
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.
DRC
Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
GNV
Their heart is deuided: nowe shall they be founde faultie: he shall breake downe their altars: he shall destroy their images.
JPS
Their heart is divided; now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars.
LXXE
They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.

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Original-language editions

WLC
חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐμέρισαν καρδίας αὐτῶν, νῦν ἀφανισθήσονται· αὐτὸς κατασκάψει τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν, ταλαιπωρήσουσιν αἱ στῆλαι αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  • Micah 5:13I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.
  • James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  • Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
  • Revelation 3:15–16I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
  • Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
  • James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
  • Hosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that…
  • Hosea 10:5–8The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile. Yes, it will be carried…
  • 1 Samuel 5:4But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
  • Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
  • Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
  • Jeremiah 43:13He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
  • Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  • Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

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