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Hosea 10:2-4
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2 Their heart is (A)divided;[a]
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.

3 For now they say,
“We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord.
And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
4 They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up (B)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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  1. Hosea 10:2 Divided in loyalty
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Hosea 10:2-4
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2 Their heart is false;
    now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
    and destroy their pillars.

3 For now they will say:
    (A)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
    and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter (B)mere words;
    with empty[b] oaths they make covenants;
so (C)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
    (D)in the furrows of the field.

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  1. Hosea 10:2 Hebrew He
  2. Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)
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