Hosea 10
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Hosea Prophesies against Israel’s Pagan Altars
1Israel was once like a lush vine
that produced plenty of grapes.
Yet the more his fruit increased,
the more pagan altars he built.
The more abundantly his land increased,
the more abundant were his sacred fertility pillars.
2Israel’s devotion is false # 10:2 Or “slippery.” and divided;
soon the people must pay the penalty for their guilt.
Yahweh will demolish their altars
and shatter their sacred pillars.
3Then they will say,
“We have lost our king
because we have not feared Yahweh,
but what could a human king do for us anyway?”
4All they do is make empty speeches,
phony promises, and useless treaties.
Their so-called justice spreads like poisonous weeds
among the furrows of the fields. # 10:4 See
Amos 6:12
.
Israel’s Sins at Bethel
5Samaria’s citizens will tremble and mourn
over the loss of their sacred calves of Bethel. # 10:5 Or “Beth Aven,” a derisive term for Bethel. Bethel means the “house of God.” Beth Aven means “the house of evil.”
Everyone will wail over its loss
along with their idolatrous priests
because their “glory” has gone into exile.
6They will carry the calf-idol to Assyria
as tribute to the great king.
Ephraim will reap the shame.
What a disgrace for Israel!
7Samaria—your king has had his day.
Your king will disappear
like a twig on the surface of the waters. # 10:7 Or “like a [wood] chip on the surface of the waters” (LXX).
8The hilltop shrines, # 10:8 Or “Beth Aven [house of evil].” See the footnote on
10:5
. the vanity and sin of Israel,
will be demolished.
Thorns and thistles will overgrow and cover their altars.
Then they will say to the mountains, “Bury us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
9“Israel, since the days of Gibeah, # 10:9 That is, when Israel’s monarchy got started. See
1 Sam. 8
.
you have not stopped sinning.
From then until now, you have persisted in your ways.
Were not the evildoers overtaken by war in Gibeah?
10When I am ready, I will discipline these wayward people,
and armies will be gathered against them
to put them in bonds for their double sins.” # 10:10 Or “It was my desire to tame/break them in, binding together the peoples for double furrows [i.e., an extra-wide, double-blade plow].”
11Yahweh says, “Ephraim was once obedient like a well-trained cow
that loved to thresh the grain.
Seeing her fair neck,
I thought I would put Ephraim in the yoke.
Judah will have to plow;
Jacob must level the soil. # 10:11 Ephraim represents the Northern Kingdom, Judah the Southern Kingdom, and Jacob the entire nation.
12Sow seeds of righteousness for yourselves,
and you will reap a harvest of God’s unending love. # 10:12 The harvest of the Spirit is love (see
Gal. 5:22–23
). There is so much grace in the Old Testament, and grace is still broadcasting from God’s heart every day. He is the God of love, mercy, and grace. He has always been the same from the beginning. See
Mal. 3:6
;
Heb. 13:8
;
James (Jacob) 1:17
.
Break up the hard, fallow ground of your heart. # 10:12 This sentence seems to be out of order, for breaking up the fallow ground should precede sowing and reaping. However, the text implies that it is new ground that must be taken. In other words, the process of sowing, reaping, and harvesting must continue while still looking to find new ground that needs the righteousness of God planted within it. The ground is an obvious metaphor for the human heart, for we are made from the soil. The heart must pursue righteousness and reap unending love as well as break up new ground that may be hidden in our lives.
For it is time to seek Yahweh’s favor
until he comes to pour out
righteousness on you like falling rain. # 10:12 Righteousness is a gift that God pours out from heaven; it is not a result of our striving. The key to biblical spirituality is receptivity. And this is the reason we need to plow up the hard places in our hearts.
13But instead, you have cultivated lawlessness
and reaped a harvest of injustice.
You have eaten the fruit of your lies.
Because you have trusted in your own strength # 10:13 Or “in your own way” or, if the text is emended, “your [many] chariots” (also LXX). However, Israel was not known for many chariots, compared to Egypt and Assyria.
and in your vast, mighty army,
14war cries will break out against your people,
and all your fortified cities will be destroyed.
Just as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, # 10:14 This may be a reference to the Moabite king, Salamanu, and his destruction of Beth Arbel (Irbid) in Gilead. See
2 Kings 15:10
.
when children and their mothers were dashed to death on the ground,
15so it will be done to you, Bethel, # 10:15 Or “house of Israel” (LXX).
because of your evil stacked upon evil.
At dawn, as the battle begins, your kingship will be no more.” # 10:15 The last king of Israel was Hoshea, and he was taken captive by the Assyrians even before they began their siege against Samaria (see
2 Kings 17:4–6
).
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