Hosea:10

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* Israel [is ] an empty vine . Shall he bring forth fruit unto himself ? According to the multiplication of his fruit he has multiplied altars ; according to the goodness of his land they have bettered their statues . * Their heart has wandered ; now they shall be found guilty : he shall break down their altars , he shall destroy their statues . * For now they shall say , We have no king , because we did not fear the LORD ; what then should a king do to us ? * They have spoken words , swearing falsely in making a covenant : thus judgment shall spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the field . * The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven : for the people thereof shall mourn because of the calf , and the religious [persons ] thereof [that ] rejoiced on it , for the glory thereof , which shall be made to vanish away . * It shall be also carried unto Assyria [for ] a present to king Jareb : Ephraim shall be ashamed , and Israel shall be confused at his own counsel . * [As for ] Samaria , her king is cut off as the foam upon the surface of the waters . * And the altars of Aven shall be destroyed , the sin of Israel : the thorn and the thistle shall grow upon their altars ; and they shall say to the mountains , Cover us ; and to the hills , Fall on us . * O Israel , thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah ; there they stood : the battle in Gibeah against the sons of iniquity did not overtake them . * And I shall chastise them as I desire ; and [the ] peoples shall gather themselves over them , when they shall be bound in their two furrows . * Ephraim [is ] a heifer [that is ] taught [and ] loves to tread out [the wheat ]; but I shall pass over upon her fair neck : I will make Ephraim to draw ; Judah shall plow , [and ] Jacob shall break his clods . * Sow yourselves unto righteousness , reap yourselves unto mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for [it is ] the time to seek the LORD until he comes and teaches you righteousness . * Ye have plowed wickedness , ye have reaped iniquity ; ye shall eat the fruit of lies because thou didst trust in thy way [and ] in the multitude of thy mighty men . * Therefore , in thy peoples a tumult shall arise , and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed , as Shalman destroyed Betharbel in the day of battle : the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her ] sons . * So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness ; in the morning the king of Israel shall utterly be cut off .:

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