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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap loyal love.[a]
Break up for yourself fallow ground;
    it is time to seek Yahweh
so he will come and rain
    righteousness upon you.
13 You have plowed wickedness,
    you have reaped injustice,
you have eaten the fruit of lies,[b]
    because you have trusted in your strength,
    in the multitude of your warriors.
14 The tumult of war will rise up against your people,
        and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
    as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel;
on the day of war
    mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:12 Literally “reap according to loyal love”
  2. Hosea 10:13 Hebrew “lie”
  3. Hosea 10:14 Or “upon their children”