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13 However, you have plowed wickedness
    and reaped depravity;
    you have eaten the fruit of falsehood.
Because you have trusted in your chariots
    and in your multitude of warriors,
14 the tumult of war will engulf your people,
    and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
as Salman[a] devastated Beth-arbel on the day of battle
    when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.
15 Thus shall it be done to you, O Bethel,
    because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel
    will be utterly destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:14 Salman: a Moabite king who led a raid into Gilead. Beth-arbel was in the Transjordan region.

13 But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,(A)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.(B)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,(C)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
    so that all your fortresses will be devastated(D)
as Shalman(E) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
    when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.(F)
15 So will it happen to you, Bethel,
    because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.(G)

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