11 And Ephraim is as a heifer used to delight in [a]threshing: but I will pass by her [b]fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride: Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness: reap after the measure of mercy: [c]break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

13 But you have plowed wickedness: ye have reaped iniquity: you have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thine own ways, and in the multitude of thy strong men,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:11 Wherein is pleasure, as in plowing is labor and pain.
  2. Hosea 10:11 I will lay my yoke upon her fat neck.
  3. Hosea 10:12 Read Jer. 4:4.

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