For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.
Hosea 10:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have spoken mere words of the lips, swearing falsely in making covenants; therefore judgment springs up like hemlock [or other poisonous plants] in the furrows of the field. American Standard Version (1901) They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. Common English Bible They have spoken empty words, swearing falsely when making covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. Catholic Public Domain Version You speak words about a useless vision, and you will strike a deal. And judgment will spring up like bitterness in the furrows of the field. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You speak words of an unprofitable vision, and you shall make a covenant: and judgment shall spring up as bitterness in the furrows of the field. |
For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.
Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.
Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plough there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood –
Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘You are about to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon me and break the covenant I have made with them.
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.