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10     In my desire[a] I will punish them;
nations will be gathered against them
    when they are punished for their double iniquities.[b]
11 Ephraim was a trained heifer,
    that loved to thresh grain,
and I myself spared[c]
    the fairness of her neck;
I will make Ephraim break the ground,
    Judah will plow,
    Jacob must till for himself.
12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap loyal love.[d]
Break up for yourself fallow ground;
    it is time to seek Yahweh
so he will come and rain
    righteousness upon you.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:10 The LXX translates “I will come”
  2. Hosea 10:10 So Qere; Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) “their two eyes”
  3. Hosea 10:11 Literally “passed over”
  4. Hosea 10:12 Literally “reap according to loyal love”