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Hosea 10:3-13

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3 Surely now they will say, "We have 1no king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?"
4 They speak mere words, With 2worthless oaths they make covenants; And 3judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the 4calf of 5Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its 6idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its 7glory, since it has departed from it.
6 The thing itself will be carried to 8Assyria As tribute to 9King Jareb; Ephraim will be 10seized with shame And Israel will be ashamed of its 11own counsel.
7 Samaria will be 12cut off with her king Like a stick on the surface of the water.
8 Also the 13high places of Aven, the 14sin of Israel, will be destroyed; 15Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will 16say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"
9 From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?
10 When it is My 17desire, I will 18chastise them; And 19the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.
11 Ephraim is a trained 20heifer that loves to thresh, But I will 21come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.
12 22Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; 23Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to 24seek the LORD Until He 25comes to 26rain righteousness on you.
13 You have 27plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of 28lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your 29numerous warriors,
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Hosea 10:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 10

This chapter is of the same argument with the former, and others before that; setting forth the sins of the ten tribes, and threatening them with the judgments of God for them; and exhorting them to repentance, and works of righteousness. They are charged with unfruitfulness and ingratitude; increasing in idolatry, as they increased in temporal good things, Ho 10:1; with a divided heart, and with irreverence of God, and their king; and with false swearing, covenant breaking, and injustice, Ho 10:2-4; and are threatened with a removal of their king, and with the destruction of their idols, and places of idolatry, which should cause fear in the common people, and mourning among the priests, Ho 10:1,5-8. It is observed, that their sin had been of long continuance, though the Lord had been kind and good unto them, in chastising them in love, giving them good laws, sending his prophets to exhort them to repentance and reformation, but all in vain, Ho 10:9-13; wherefore they are threatened with the spoiling of their fortresses, the destruction of the people, and the cutting off of their king, Ho 10:14,15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 29

  • 1. Psalms 12:4; Isaiah 5:19
  • 2. Ezekiel 17:13-19; Hosea 4:2
  • 3. Deuteronomy 31:16, 17; 2 Kings 17:3, 4; Amos 5:7
  • 4. Hosea 8:5, 6
  • 5. Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:8
  • 6. 2 Kings 23:5
  • 7. Hosea 9:11
  • 8. Hosea 11:5
  • 9. Hosea 5:13
  • 10. Hosea 4:7
  • 11. Isaiah 30:3; Jeremiah 7:24
  • 12. Hosea 13:11
  • 13. Hosea 4:13
  • 14. 1 Kings 12:28-30; 1 Kings 13:34
  • 15. Isaiah 32:13; Hosea 9:6; Hosea 10:2
  • 16. Isaiah 2:19; Luke 23:30; Revelation 6:16
  • 17. Ezekiel 5:13
  • 18. Hosea 4:9
  • 19. Jeremiah 16:16
  • 20. Jeremiah 50:11; Hosea 4:16; Micah 4:13
  • 21. Jeremiah 28:14
  • 22. Proverbs 11:18
  • 23. Jeremiah 4:3
  • 24. Hosea 12:6
  • 25. Hosea 6:3
  • 26. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 45:8
  • 27. Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Galatians 6:7, 8
  • 28. Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:3; Hosea 11:12
  • 29. Psalms 33:16

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Or "Swearing falsely in making a covenant"
  • [b]. So with some ancient versions; Heb "calves"
  • [c]. Or who "used to rejoice over"
  • [d]. Or "the avenging king" or "the great king"
  • [e]. Lit "receive shame"
  • [f]. Or "bind"
  • [g]. Or "loyalty"
  • [h]. Or "teach"
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