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Hosea 10:4

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They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Hosea 10:4 in other translations

They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants.
Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10:4 · World English Bible

Hosea 10:4 in context

  1. 2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
  2. 3Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
  3. 4They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
  4. 5The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
  5. 6It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.