{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:53:51.788Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Israel is an empty vine, he brings forth fruit to himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he has increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"It shall be also carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam on the water."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loves to tread out the corn; but I passed over on her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness on you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces on her children."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So shall Bethel do to you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 10 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 10](https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}