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 an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not Yhwh; what then should a king do to us? 4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10:2 word by word

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

• 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, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
• 1 Kings 18:21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if Yhwh be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
• Isaiah 44:18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Zephaniah 1:5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by Yhwh, and that swear by Malcham;
• Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• James 1:8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
• James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
• 1 John 2:15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Revelation 3:15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
• Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
• Hosea 8:5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
• 1 Samuel 5:4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Yhwh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
• Jeremiah 43:13He shall break also the images of Beth–shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
• Micah 5:13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine 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