Oseas 10:13

13 Pero ustedes sembraron maldad, cosecharon crímenesy comieron el fruto de la mentira,porque confiaron en sus carrosy en la multitud de sus guerreros.

Oseas 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 10:13

Ye have ploughed wickedness
Contrived it, and took a great deal of pains to commit it; by ploughing sowed it, and which sprung up in a plentiful crop: it may denote their first sins, from whence all others arose; as their irreligion and infidelity; their apostasy from God; their idolatry and contempt of his word and prophets: ye have reaped iniquity;
abundance of other sins have sprung up from thence; a large harvest of them have been reaped and got in; or great numbers of other sins have been committed; one sin leads on to another, and these proceed "ad infinitum"; wickedness is of an increasing nature, and grows worse and worse, and proceeds to more ungodliness: many understand this of the punishment or reward of sin: ye have eaten the fruit of lies;
as a sweet morsel though bread of deceit; which could not profit them, nor yield them in the issue the pleasure it promised them, and they hoped for from it: because thou didst trust in thy way;
in the worship of their idols, and in their alliances with neighbouring nations, and promised themselves great prosperity and happiness from hence: and in the multitude of thy mighty men;
their valiant soldiers, their numerous armies, and the generals of them, well skilled in war, and courageous; and also in their auxiliaries, which they had from the Egyptians and others; these they put their confidences in, to protect them; and so in their garrisons and fortresses, as the following words show:

Oseas 10:13 In-Context

11 Efraín es una novilla adiestradaa la que le gusta trillar,pero yo no quise ponerle el yugo.Pero ahora voy a uncir a Efraín,y Judá tendrá que arar,y Jacob emparejará la tierra».

12 ¡Siembren para ustedes justicia!¡Cosechen el fruto del amor,y pónganse a labrar el barbecho!¡Ya es tiempo de buscar al SEÑOR!,hasta que él venga y les envíe lluvias de justicia.

13 Pero ustedes sembraron maldad, cosecharon crímenesy comieron el fruto de la mentira,porque confiaron en sus carrosy en la multitud de sus guerreros.

14 Un estruendo de guerra se levantará contra su pueblo,y todas sus fortalezas serán devastadas,como devastó Salmán a Bet Arbel en el día de la batalla,cuando las madres fueron destrozadasjunto con sus hijos.

15 Esto es lo que Betel les hizo a ustedes,a causa de su extrema maldad.¡Pues el rey de Israel será destruido por completoen cuanto amanezca!