10 It is my desire [a]that I should chastise them, and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall gather themselves in their two [b]furrows.

11 And Ephraim is as a heifer used to delight in [c]threshing: but I will pass by her [d]fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride: Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness: reap after the measure of mercy: [e]break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:10 Because they are so desperate, I will delight to destroy them.
  2. Hosea 10:10 That is, when they have gathered all their strength together.
  3. Hosea 10:11 Wherein is pleasure, as in plowing is labor and pain.
  4. Hosea 10:11 I will lay my yoke upon her fat neck.
  5. Hosea 10:12 Read Jer. 4:4.

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