Hosea 10:10

Hosea 10:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
• New International Version (NIV)When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When it is My desire, I will chasten them. Peoples shall be gathered against them When I bind them for their two transgressions.

Context of Hosea 10:10

8The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” 9O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins. 11Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself! 12Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Hosea 10:10 word by word

בְּאַוָּתִ֖י וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑ם וְאֻסְּפ֤וּ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ עַמִּ֔ים בְּאָסְרָ֖ם לִשְׁתֵּ֥י עוֹנֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in my desireאַוָּה'avvâh · desireH185
• that I should chastiseיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• them; and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall be gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• against them, when they shall bindאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• themselves in their twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• furrowsעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Hosea 10:10

• Deuteronomy 28:63This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.
• Jeremiah 15:6I, the Lord, say: ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”
• Ezekiel 5:13Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.
• Ezekiel 16:42I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry.
• Hosea 8:1Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law.
• Jeremiah 16:16But for now I, the Lord, say: “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.
• Jeremiah 21:4that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.
• Ezekiel 16:37therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.
• Ezekiel 23:9Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
• Micah 4:10Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the Lord will deliver you from the power of your enemies.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.
• Matthew 22:7The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10When they shall bind themselves in their two furrows - "When they are chastised for their two iniquities," i.e., the calves in Dan and Beth-el. - Newcome. But this double iniquity may refer to what Jeremiah says, Jeremiah 11:13; : "My people have committed two evils." - They have forsaken me. 2. They have joined themselves to idols.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10It is in My desire that I should chastise them - God “doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men” Lamentations 3:33. Grievous then must be the cause of punishment, when God not only chastens people, but, so to speak, longs to chasten them, when He chastens them without any let or hindrance from His mercy. Yet so God had said; “It shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The terrible events at Gibeah (Judges 19–21) set a pattern of sin for the people of the northern kingdom of Israel (see Hosea 9:9). God punished them by allowing a major defeat in war, similar to the time of the judges (see Judges 2:10–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. my desire ... chastise--expressing God's strong inclination to vindicate His justice against sin, as being the infinitely holy God (De 28:63). the people--Foreign invaders "shall be gathered against them." when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows--image from two oxen ploughing together side by side, in two contiguous furrows: so the Israelites shall join themselves, to unite their powers against all dangers, but it will not save them from…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:10

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In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Furrow
• Plow
• Reap
• Hosea
• 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