They utter (A)mere words;
    with empty[a] oaths they make covenants;
so (B)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
    (C)in the furrows of the field.
The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
    for (D)the calf[b] of (E)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
    those who rejoiced over it and (F)over its glory—
    for it has departed[c] from them.
(G)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
    as tribute to (H)the great king.[d]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
    and Israel shall be ashamed (I)of his idol.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)
  2. Hosea 10:5 Or calves
  3. Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
  4. Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
  5. Hosea 10:6 Or counsel

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