They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making [a]a covenant: thus [b]judgment groweth as wormwood in the furrows of the field.

The inhabitants of Samaria shall [c]fear because of the calf of Beth Aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the [d]Chemarims thereof, that rejoiced on it for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

It shall be also brought to Assyria, for a present unto king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:4 In promising to be faithful toward God.
  2. Hosea 10:4 Thus their integrity and fidelity, which they pretended, was nothing but bitterness and grief.
  3. Hosea 10:5 When the calf shall be carried away.
  4. Hosea 10:5 Chemarims were certain idolatrous priests, which did wear black apparel in their sacrifices, and cried with a loud voice: which superstition Elijah derided, 1 Kings 18:27, read 2 Kings 23:5.

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