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Israel Is Punished

10 Israel is a luxuriant vine;[a]
he yields fruit for himself.
The more his fruit increased,
    the more he made numerous altars.
The more his land prospered,
    the more he[b] improved[c] his stone pillars.
Their heart is false;
    now they must bear their guilt.
He himself[d] will break down their altars;
    he will destroy their stone pillars.
For now they will say,
    “We have no king;
indeed, we did not fear Yahweh,
    and what can a king do for us?”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:1 Or “ravaged vine”
  2. Hosea 10:1 Hebrew “they”
  3. Hosea 10:1 Or “made beautiful”
  4. Hosea 10:2 That is, “Yahweh himself”