Hosea 10:13

Hosea 10:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
• New International Version (NIV)But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors,
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty men.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But you have cultivated wickedness and harvested a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies— trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe.

Context of Hosea 10:13

11Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself. 12Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors, 14therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children. 15Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.

Hosea 10:13 word by word

חֲרַשְׁתֶּם־רֶ֛שַׁע עַוְלָ֥תָה קְצַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם פְּרִי־כָ֑חַשׁ כִּֽי־בָטַ֥חְתָּ בְדַרְכְּךָ֖ בְּרֹ֥ב גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have plowedחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562
• ye have reapedקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114
• iniquityעַוְלָה‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• ye have eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of liesכַּ֫חַשׁkachash · lieH3585
• because thou didst trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• in thy wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• in the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of thy mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368

Cross-references for Hosea 10:13

• Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
• Job 4:8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
• Proverbs 22:8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
• Proverbs 1:31therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• Proverbs 18:20From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
• Psalms 52:7"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"
• Psalms 62:10Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
• Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Ye have ploughed wickedness - Ye have labored sinfully. Ye have reaped iniquity - The punishment due to your iniquity. Ye have eaten the fruit of lies - Your false worship and your false gods have brought you into captivity and misery. Because thou didst trust in thy way - Didst confide in thy own counsels, and in thy mighty men, and not in the God who made you.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Ye have plowed wickedness - They not only did not that which God commanded, but they did the exact contrary. They cultivated wickedness. They broke up their fallow ground, yet to sow, not wheat, but tares. They did not leave it even to grow of itself, although even thus, on the natural soil of the human heart, it yields a plenteous harvest; but they bestowed their labor on it, plowed it, sowed, and as they sowed, so they reaped, an abundant increase of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered against them. It is just with God to make those know what hardships mean, who indulge themselves in ease and pleasure. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. Let them abound in works of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. reaped iniquity--that is, the fruit of iniquity; as "righteousness" (Ho 10:12) is "the fruit of righteousness" (Job 4:8; Pr 22:8; Ga 6:7, 8). lies--false and spurious worship. trust in thy way--thy perverse way (Is 57:10; Jr 2:23), thy worship of false gods. This was their internal safeguard, as their external was "the multitude of their mighty men."Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:13

• Confidence
• Reaping
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Plow
• Reap
• Calf, Golden
• Hosea
• Reaping
• Zechariah, Book of
• trust, trusted, trustworthy, trustworthiness

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