13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.

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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)

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13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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For behold, they will be gone because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them together, (A)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take possession of their treasures of silver;
(B)Thorns will be in their tents.

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Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(A)
    and Memphis(B) will bury them.(C)
Their treasures of silver(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(E) will overrun their tents.

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For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

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Their heart is [a](A)deceitful;
Now they must suffer for their (B)guilt.
[b]The Lord will (C)break down their altars
And destroy their memorial stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:2 Lit slippery; or divided
  2. Hosea 10:2 Lit He

Their heart is deceitful,(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(D)

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Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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