Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness; 1 you reaped injustice. 1 You have eaten the fruit of deception 1 because you trusted in your plans 1 and in your many soldiers. 1

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Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

In Context

12Sow righteousness for yourselves, 1 and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness. 1 Break up your unplowed ground, 1 for it is time to seek Yahweh, 1 until he comes and rains righteousness on you. 1

14So a tumult of war will rise among your people, 1 and all your fortified cities will be destroyed. 1 It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle, 1 when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!

Psalms 33:16No king is saved by a vast army; 1 a warrior is not saved by his great strength. 1

Psalms 62:10Do not trust in oppression or robbery; 1 and do not hope uselessly in riches, 1 for they will bear no fruit; do not fix your heart on them. 1

Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips last forever, 1 but a lying tongue is only for a moment. 1

Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished 1 and he who breathes out lies will not escape. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:11I have seen some interesting things under the sun: 2 The race does not belong to swift people. 2 The battle does not belong to strong people. 2 Bread does not belong to wise people. 2 Riches do not belong to people of understanding. 2 Favor does not belong to people of knowledge. 1 Instead, time and chance affect them all. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:10-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob… Read the whole commentary →

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