Hosea 10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised（CSBA）

The Vine and the Calf

1Israel is a lush   vine; 

it yields fruit for itself.

The more his fruit increased,

the more he increased the altars. 

The better his land produced,

the better they made the sacred pillars. 

2Their hearts are devious;  ,

now they must bear their guilt. 

The Lord will break down their altars 

and demolish their sacred pillars.

3In fact, they are now saying,

‘We have no king!

For we do not fear the  Lord. 

What can a king do for us? ’

4They speak mere words,

taking false oaths while making covenants. 

So lawsuits break out

like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field. 

5The residents of Samaria  will have anxiety

over the calf  of Beth-aven. 

Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;

the people will mourn over it,

over its glory. 

It will certainly go into exile.

6The calf itself will be taken to Assyria 

as an offering to the great king.  ,

Ephraim will experience shame; 

Israel will be ashamed of its counsel. 

7Samaria’s king will disappear  ,

like foam  on the surface of the water.

8The high places  of Aven, the sin of Israel, 

will be destroyed;

thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. 

They will say to the mountains,  ‘Cover us! ’

and to the hills, ‘Fall on us! ’  Israel’s Defeat because of Sin

9Israel, you have sinned

since the days of Gibeah; 

they have taken their stand there.

Will not war against the unjust

overtake them in Gibeah?

10I will discipline  them at my discretion; 

nations will be gathered against them

to put them in bondage 

for their double iniquity. 

11Ephraim is a well-trained calf 

that loves to thresh,

but I will place a yoke on   her fine neck. 

I will harness Ephraim; 

Judah will plough;

Jacob will do the final ploughing.

12Sow righteousness for yourselves 

and reap faithful love;

break up your unploughed ground. 

It is time to seek the  Lord  

until he comes  and sends righteousness

on you like the rain. 

13You have ploughed wickedness and reaped injustice; 

you have eaten the fruit of lies. 

Because you have trusted in your own way 

and in your large number of soldiers, 

14the roar of battle will rise against your people,

and all your fortifications will be demolished 

in a day of war,

like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.

Mothers will be dashed to pieces

along with their children. 

15So it will be done to you, Bethel, 

because of your extreme evil.

At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.