Hosea:10

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* Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit . According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars . According to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars . * Their heart is divided . Now they shall be found guilty . He will smite their altars . He will destroy their pillars . * Surely now they shall say , We have no king , for we fear not LORD . And the king , what can he do for us ? * They speak [vain ] words , swearing falsely in making covenants . Therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field . * The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven . For the people of it shall mourn over it , and the priests of it , who rejoiced over it for the glory of it , because it has departed from it . * It shall also be carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb . Ephraim shall receive shame , and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel . * [As for ] Samaria , her king is cut off , as foam upon the water . * The high places also of Aven , the sin of Israel , shall be destroyed . The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars , and they shall say to the mountains , Cover us , and to the hills , Fall on us . * O Israel , thou have sinned from the days of Gibeah . There they stood . The battle against the sons of iniquity does not overtake them in Gibeah . * When it is my desire , I will chastise them . And the peoples shall be gathered against them , when they are bound to their two transgressions . * And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught , that loves to tread out [the grain ]. But I have passed over upon her fair neck . I will set a rider on Ephraim . Judah shall plow . Jacob shall break his clods . * Sow to yourselves in righteousness . Reap according to kindness . Break up your fallow ground , for it is time to seek LORD , till he comes and rains righteousness upon you . * Ye have plowed wickedness . Ye have reaped iniquity . Ye have eaten the fruit of lies . For thou trusted in thy way , in the multitude of thy mighty men . * Therefore a tumult shall arise among thy people , and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed , as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle ; the mother was dashed in pieces with her sons . * So shall Bethel do to you because of your great wickedness . At daybreak the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off .

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