Hosea 10

1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. As his fruit increased, the more altars he built. As his land produced more, he improved his pillars.

vine be luxuriant Israel fruit to set to/for him like/as abundance to/for fruit his to multiply to/for altar like/as good to/for land: country/planet his be good pillar

2 Their heart is deceitful; now they must bear their guilt. Yahweh will demolish their altars; he will destroy their pillars.

to smooth heart their now be guilty he/she/it to break the neck altar their to ruin pillar their

3 For then they will say, “We have no king, for we did not fear Yahweh, and a king—what could he do for us?”

for now to say nothing king to/for us for not to fear: revere [obj] LORD and [the] king what? to make: do to/for us

4 They speak empty words and make covenants by swearing falsely. So justice springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

to speak: speak word to swear vanity: false to cut: make(covenant) covenant and to sprout like/as poison justice: judgement upon furrow field

5 The inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid because of the calves of Beth Aven. Its people mourned over them, as did those idolatrous priests who had rejoiced over them and their splendor, but they are no longer there.

to/for heifer Beth-aven Beth-aven to dread neighboring Samaria for to mourn upon him people his and pagan priest his upon him to rejoice upon glory his for to reveal: remove from him

6 They will be carried to Assyria as a present for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, and Israel will be ashamed of its idol.

also [obj] him to/for Assyria to conduct offering: tribute to/for king `great` shame Ephraim to take: bring and be ashamed Israel from counsel his

7 Samaria's king will be destroyed, like a chip of wood on the surface of the water.

to cease Samaria king her like/as splinter upon face: surface water

8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed. This is the sin of Israel! Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. The people will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

and to destroy high place Aven sin Israel thorn and thistle to ascend: rise upon altar their and to say to/for mountain: mount to cover us and to/for hill to fall: fall upon us

9 “Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; there you have remained. Will not war overtake the sons of wrong in Gibeah?

from day [the] Gibeah to sin Israel there to stand: stand not to overtake them in/on/with Gibeah battle upon son: type of iniquity

10 When I desire it, I will discipline them. The nations will gather together against them and put them in bonds for their double iniquity.

in/on/with desire my and to discipline them and to gather upon them people in/on/with to bind them to/for two (iniquity: guilt their *Q(K)*)

11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh the grain, so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will put a yoke on Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will pull the harrow by himself.

and Ephraim heifer to learn: teach to love: lover to/for to tread and I to pass upon goodness neck her to ride Ephraim to plow/plot Judah to harrow to/for him Jacob

12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness. Break up your unplowed ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

to sow to/for you to/for righteousness to reap to/for lip kindness to break to/for you fallow ground and time to/for to seek [obj] LORD till to come (in): come and to shoot righteousness to/for you

13 You have plowed wickedness; you reaped injustice. You have eaten the fruit of deception because you trusted in your plans and in your many soldiers.

to plow/plot wickedness injustice to reap to eat fruit lie for to trust in/on/with way: conduct your in/on/with abundance mighty man your

14 So a tumult of war will rise among your people, and all your fortified cities will be destroyed. It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.

and to arise: rise roar in/on/with people your and all fortification your to ruin like/as violence Shalman Beth-arbel Beth-arbel in/on/with day battle mother upon son: child to dash in pieces

15 So it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be completely cut off.”

thus to make: do to/for you Bethel Bethel from face: because distress: evil distress: evil your in/on/with dawn to cease to cease king Israel