Hosea 10:2

Hypocritical is their heart, Now, shall they be held guilty,—He, will break down their altars, he will destroy their statutes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

In Context

1A luxuriant vine, is Israel, fruit, beseemeth him,—According to the abundance of his fruit, hath he brought abundance to the altars, according to the goodliness of his land, hath he made goodly statues.

3For, now, will they say, We have no king,—for we revere not Yahweh, and what could, a king, do for us?

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Cross References

Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works,—but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.

1 Samuel 5:4And, when they rose up early in the morning of the morrow, lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh—and, the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, had been cut off against the threshold, only, Dagon himself, was left to him.

Proverbs 11:18The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.

Jeremiah 43:13And he shall break in pieces the pillars of Beth-shemesh, which is in the land of Egypt,—And the houses of the gods of Egypt, shall he burn with fire.

Hosea 7:8As for Ephraim! with the peoples, hath he been mingling himself,—Ephraim, is a cake not turned.

Hosea 10:5About the calves of Beth-aven, will the inhabitant of Samaria be concerned,—for the people thereof, have mourned over it, and, the ascetics thereof, who, over it, used to exult, [shall mourn] for the glory thereof, because it hath departed therefrom.

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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