Hosea 10:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ When I ·am ready [desire; please],
    I will come to ·punish [discipline] them.
Nations will come together against them,
    and they will be ·punished [bound in chains] for their ·double [^Ltwo] sins [^Ccould mean “twice the punishment” (Is. 40:2) or the two sins of rejecting God and his anointed Davidic king].
¹¹ ·Israel [^LEphraim; 4:17] is like a well-trained ·young cow [heifer]
    that likes to thresh grain.
I will put a ·yoke [or a fine yoke] on her ·neck [or fair neck]
    and ·make her work hard in the field [drive Ephraim hard].
Israel will plow,
    and Judah will break up the ground.
¹² I said, ‘·Plant goodness [Sow righteousness],
    ·harvest the fruit of loyalty [reap mercy/lovingkindness],
    ·plow the new ground of knowledge [^Lbreak up the unplowed/fallow ground].
·Look for [or For it is time to seek] the Lord until he comes
    and ·pours goodness on you like water [^Lrains/showers righteousness/justice on you].’