13 You have (A)plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice,
You have eaten the fruit of (B)lies.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your (C)many warriors,
14 An uproar will arise among your people,
And all your (D)fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When (E)mothers were [a]slaughtered with their children.
15 So it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:14 Lit shattered

13 “But you have cultivated wickedness
    and harvested a thriving crop of sins.
You have eaten the fruit of lies—
    trusting in your military might,
believing that great armies
    could make your nation safe.
14 Now the terrors of war
    will rise among your people.
All your fortifications will fall,
    just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel.
Even mothers and children
    were dashed to death there.
15 You will share that fate, Bethel,
    because of your great wickedness.
When the day of judgment dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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