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They make promises,
    swear false oaths, and make covenants,
While lawsuits sprout
    like poisonous weeds[a] in the furrows of a field!

The inhabitants of Samaria are afraid
    for the calf of Beth-aven;[b]
Its people mourn for it
    and its idolatrous priests wail over it,
    —over its glory which has departed from it.(A)
It too will be carried to Assyria,
    as an offering to the great king.[c](B)
Ephraim will be put to shame,
    Israel will be shamed by his schemes.

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Notas al pie

  1. 10:4 Lawsuits…like poisonous weeds: the administration of justice, which should have been the mainstay of the people, has in corrupt hands become another instrument of oppression; cf. Am 6:12.
  2. 10:5 The calf of Beth-aven: see note on 4:15.
  3. 10:6 The great king: a title used by the Assyrian kings. See also note on 5:13.

They make many promises,
    take false oaths(A)
    and make agreements;(B)
therefore lawsuits spring up
    like poisonous weeds(C) in a plowed field.
The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(D) of Beth Aven.[a](E)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(F)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(G)
It will be carried to Assyria(H)
    as tribute(I) for the great king.(J)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(K)
    Israel will be ashamed(L) of its foreign alliances.

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).