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 fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars. Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars. 3Very soon they will say, “We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?” 4They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed 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 mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.
• 1 Kings 18:21Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
• Zephaniah 1:5I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the Lord while taking oaths in the name of their ‘king,’
• Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.
• James 1:8since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
• James 4:4Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
• 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 3:15‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot!
• Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.
• Hosea 8:5O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
• 1 Samuel 5:4But when they got up early the following day, Dagon was again lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and his two hands were sheared off and were lying at the threshold. Only Dagon’s body was left intact.
• Jeremiah 43:13He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”
• Micah 5:13I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.

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