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Israel’s Sin and Captivity

10 Israel is a fertile vine
    that brings forth its fruit.
As his fruit multiplied,
    so his altars increased;
as his land prospered,
    so he[a] improved his pillars.
Their heart is divided;
    now they must bear their guilt.
He will break down their altars
    and destroy their pillars.

For now they will say,
    “We have no king,
because we do not fear the Lord;
    and a king, what could he do for us?”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:1 Heb. they.