English Bible Presentation Sharing - Hosea Book, chapter 10, verse 13 in Esv Version

Hosea 10 : 1 (ESV)

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.

Hosea 10 : 2 (ESV)

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 10 : 3 (ESV)

For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king- what could he do for us?"

Hosea 10 : 4 (ESV)

They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10 : 5 (ESV)

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests- those who rejoiced over it and over its glory- for it has departed from them.

Hosea 10 : 6 (ESV)

The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.

Hosea 10 : 7 (ESV)

Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.

Hosea 10 : 8 (ESV)

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Hosea 10 : 9 (ESV)

From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?

Hosea 10 : 10 (ESV)

When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity.

Hosea 10 : 11 (ESV)

Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.

Hosea 10 : 12 (ESV)

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hosea 10 : 13 (ESV)

You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,

Hosea 10 : 14 (ESV)

therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Hosea 10 : 15 (ESV)

Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.