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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Hosea 10

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Brenton 10:1

Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied her altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up pillars.

Brenton 10:2

They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.

Brenton 10:3

Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:

Brenton 10:4

and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.

Brenton 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.

Brenton 10:6

And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.

Brenton 10:7

Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.

Brenton 10:8

And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

Brenton 10:9

From the time the hills existed Israel has sinned: there they stood: war waged against the children of iniquity

Brenton 10:10

to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins.

Brenton 10:11

Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.

Brenton 10:12

Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.

Brenton 10:13

Wherefore have ye passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the sins of it? ye have eaten false fruit; for thou hast trusted in thy sins, in the abundance of thy power.

Brenton 10:14

Therefore shall destruction rise up among thy people, and all thy strong places shall be ruined: as prince Solomon departed out of the house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children,

Brenton 10:15

thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the unrighteousness of your sins.

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