Hosea 10:2

Hosea 10:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
• New International Version (NIV)Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their heart is divided; Now they are held guilty. He will break down their altars; He will ruin their sacred pillars.

Context of Hosea 10:2

1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars. Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars. 3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?” 4They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 10:2 word by word

חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Their heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• are deviousחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• they must bear their guiltאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
• The LORDהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will break downעָרַף‛âraph · to break the neckH6202
• their altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• and demolishשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• their sacred pillarsמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676

Cross-references for Hosea 10:2

• Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
• 1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
• Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
• Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
• James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
• James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Revelation 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
• Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
• Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
• 1 Samuel 5:4But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
• Jeremiah 43:13He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
• Micah 5:13I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Their heart is divided - They wish to serve God and Mammon, Jehovah and Baal: but this is impossible. Now God will do in judgment what they should have done in contrition, "break down their altars, and spoil their images."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Their heart is divided - Between God and their idols, in that they would not wholly part with either, as Elijah upbraided them, “How long halt ye between the two opinions?” 1 Kings 18:21. When the pagan, by whom the king of Assyria replaced them, had been taught by one of the priests whom the king sent back, in order to avert God‘s judgments, they still propagated this division. Like Jeroboam 2 Kings 17:32-33, 2 Kings 17:41, they became fearers of the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. heart ... divided--(1Ki 18:21; Mt 6:24; Jas 4:8). now--that is, soon. he--Jehovah. break down--"cut off," namely the heads of the victims. Those altars, which were the scene of cutting off the victims' heads, shall be themselves cut off.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:2

• Character
• Heart
• Idolatry
• Indecision
• Lukewarmness
• Unfaithfulness

In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Plow
• Reap
• Altar
• Divide
• Fault
• Hosea
• Obelisk
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings