{"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/kjv/hosea/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:08:08.608Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Israel <i>is</i> an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath 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 springeth 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 <i>that</i> rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"It shall be also carried unto Assyria <i>for</i> a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>As for</i> Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon 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, thou hast 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":"<i>It is</i> 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 <i>is as</i> an heifer <i>that is</i> taught, <i>and</i> loveth to tread out <i>the corn</i>; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, <i>and</i> Jacob shall break his clods."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for <i>it is</i> time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon <i>her</i> children."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 10 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 10](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}