Hosea 10:10 - Easy To Read Version I will come to punish them. Armies will come together against them. They will punish the Israelites for both of their sins. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I please I will chastise them, and hostile peoples shall be gathered against them when I shall bind and yoke them for their two transgressions [revolt from the Lord their God and the worship of idols]. [Jer. 2:13; Lam. 3:31-33.] American Standard Version (1901) When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions. Common English Bible I will come and punish them; nations will be gathered against them when they are punished for their double crime. Catholic Public Domain Version According to my desire, I will correct them. And the peoples will be gathered together over them, while they are chastised for their two iniquities. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version According to my desire I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities. |
So the king asked his advisers what he should do. {They gave him their advice.} So Jeroboam made two golden calves. King Jeroboam said to the people, “You should not go to Jerusalem to worship. Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of Egypt.” [155]
Will a wild bull\par let you put ropes on him\par so you can plow your fields?\par
Because of all these things, the Master, the Lord All-Powerful, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “I will punish you, my enemies. You will not cause me any more trouble.
Jerusalem, you left me.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “Again and again you left me!\par So I will punish and destroy you.\par I am tired of holding back your punishment.\par
“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land.” This message is from the Lord. “Those fishermen will catch the people of Judah. After that happens, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. Those hunters {\cf2\super [133]} will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have weapons of war in your hands. You are using those weapons to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians. {\cf2\super [168]} But I will make those weapons worthless.
So I am bringing all of your lovers together. I will bring all the men you loved and all the men you hated. I will bring them all together and let them see you naked. {\cf2\super [129]} They will see you completely naked.
Then I will stop being angry and jealous. I will calm down. I won’t be angry any more.
The Lord my Master said these things, “Gather the people together. Then let those people punish Oholah and Oholibah. This group of people will punish and make fun of these two women.
So I let her lovers have her. She wanted Assyria, so I gave her to them!
Only then will I stop being angry at your people. I will know that they have been punished for the bad things they did to me. And they will know that I am the Lord, and that I spoke to them because of my strong love {\cf2\super [45]} for them!”
Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah. {\cf2\super [107]} (And those people have continued sinning there.) War truly will catch those evil people at Gibeah.
They went to those gods for safety, and they have lost their ability to think. {\cf2\super [49]} Their sacrifices bring them shame.”
So the priests are no different than the people. I will punish them for the things they did. I will pay them back for the wrong things they did.
“Put the trumpet to your lips \{and give the warning\}. Be like an eagle over the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [76]} The Israelites have broken my Agreement. They have not obeyed my law.
Israel went to his ‘lovers’ among the nations.\par But I will gather the Israelites together.\par But they must suffer a little from the burden\par of that mighty king.\par
The king was very angry. The king sent his army to kill those people that killed his servants. And the army burned their city.
“The Lord was happy to be good to you and to make your nation grow. In the same way, the Lord will be happy to ruin and destroy you. You are going to take that land to be yours. But people will take you out of that land!