{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Hosea",
 "chapter": 10,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Israel 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off."
  }
 ],
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}