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Hosea 10:4-14

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4 They speak mere words, With 1worthless oaths they make covenants; And 2judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the 3calf of 4Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its 5idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its 6glory, since it has departed from it.
6 The thing itself will be carried to 7Assyria As tribute to 8King Jareb; Ephraim will be 9seized with shame And Israel will be ashamed of its 10own counsel.
7 Samaria will be 11cut off with her king Like a stick on the surface of the water.
8 Also the 12high places of Aven, the 13sin of Israel, will be destroyed; 14Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will 15say 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 16desire, I will 17chastise them; And 18the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.
11 Ephraim is a trained 19heifer that loves to thresh, But I will 20come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.
12 21Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; 22Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to 23seek the LORD Until He 24comes to 25rain righteousness on you.
13 You have 26plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of 27lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your 28numerous warriors,
14 Therefore a tumult will arise among your people, And all your 29fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, When 30mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
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Hosea 10:4-14 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 30

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

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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