Hosea 10:4

They speak empty words 1 and make covenants by swearing falsely. 1 So justice springs up 1 like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field. 1

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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

In Context

3For then they will say, 1 “We have no king, 1 for we did not fear Yahweh, 1 and a king—what could he do for us?” 1

5The inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid 1 because of the calves of Beth Aven. 1 Its people mourned over them, 1 as did those idolatrous priests who had rejoiced over them 1 and their splendor, 1 but they are no longer there. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:3Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute.

Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, 1 and the man of Judah his pleasant planting; 1 he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help. 1

Ezekiel 17:13Then he took a royal descendant, made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath. He took away the powerful people of the land,

Hosea 6:7Like Adam they have broken the covenant; 1 they were unfaithful to me. 1

Amos 6:12Do horses run on the rocky cliffs? 1 Does one plow there with oxen? 1 Yet you have turned justice into poison 1 and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness. 1

Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, and unmerciful.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:2-9

Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken… Read the whole commentary →

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