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11 E′phraim was a trained heifer
    that loved to thresh,
    and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put E′phraim to the yoke,
    Judah must plow,
    Jacob must harrow for himself.
12 Sow for yourselves righteousness,
    reap the fruit[a] of steadfast love;
    break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
    that he may come and rain salvation upon you.

13 You have plowed iniquity,
    you have reaped injustice,
    you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your chariots[b]
    and in the multitude of your warriors,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:12 Gk: Heb according to
  2. Hosea 10:13 Gk: Heb way

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