Oseas 10:13

13 »Sin embargo, han cultivado perversidad
y han levantado una abundante cosecha de pecados.
Han comido el fruto de la mentira,
confiando en su poderío militar
y creyendo que los grandes ejércitos
podrían mantener a su nación a salvo.

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 »Israel
es como una vaquilla entrenada que pisotea el grano,
un trabajo fácil que le encanta.
Pero yo pondré un yugo pesado sobre su tierno cuello.
Forzaré a Judá a tirar el arado
y a Israel
a labrar la tierra dura.

12 Yo dije: “Planten buenas semillas de justicia,
y levantarán una cosecha de amor.
Aren la dura tierra de sus corazones,
porque ahora es tiempo de buscar al Señor
para que él venga
y haga llover justicia sobre ustedes”.

13 »Sin embargo, han cultivado perversidad
y han levantado una abundante cosecha de pecados.
Han comido el fruto de la mentira,
confiando en su poderío militar
y creyendo que los grandes ejércitos
podrían mantener a su nación a salvo.

14 Ahora los terrores de la guerra
se levantarán entre su gente.
Todas sus fortificaciones caerán,
tal como Salmán destruyó a Bet-arbel.
Allí, a las madres y a los niños
los estrellaron contra el suelo hasta matarlos.

15 Habitantes de Betel, debido a su gran maldad,
les espera el mismo destino.
Cuando amanezca el día del juicio,
el rey de Israel será completamente destruido.