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 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. Their 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.

Hosea 10:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• now shall they be found faultyאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
• he shall break downעָרַף‛âraph · to break the neckH6202
• their altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• he shall spoilשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• their imagesמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676

Cross-references for Hosea 10:2

• Hosea 7:8Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
• 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, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.
• Isaiah 44:18Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and their minds so they cannot understand.
• Zephaniah 1:5those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;
• Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,
• James 1:8being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.
• James 4:4You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Revelation 3:15I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.
• Hosea 10:5The 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.
• Hosea 8:5Your calf-idol is rejected, 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 with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, Dagon’s head and both of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.
• Jeremiah 43:13He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.’”
• Micah 5:13I will remove your carved images and sacred pillars from you so that you will no longer worship the work of your 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