Hosea 10:4
“They haue spoken words, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement springeth vp as hemlocke in the furrowes of the field.”
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Hosea 10:4 Context
2Their heart is diuided: now shall they be found faultie: hee shall breake downe their altars: he shall spoile their images. 3For now they shall say, We haue no King, because we feared not the Lord, What then should a King doe to vs? 4They haue spoken words, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement springeth vp as hemlocke in the furrowes of the field. 5The inhabitants of Samaria shall feare, because of the calues of Bethauen: for the people thereof shall mourne ouer it, and the priests thereof that reioyced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 6It shall be also caried vnto Assyria for a present to King Iareb: Ephraim shall receiue shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his owne counsell.
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Other Translations for Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- King James Version
They speak {mere} words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They speak `vain' words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
- Basic English Bible
They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
- Darby Bible
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Webster's Bible
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
- World English Bible
They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hosea 10:4
10:4 Words - Vain words. Swearing falsely - By perjury deceiving those they treated with. A covenant - With the Assyrian king. Judgment - Divine vengeance. As hemlock - A proverbial speech, expressing the greatness of this evil.