KJV King James Version
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
WEB World English Bible
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
ASV American Standard Version
They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Hosea 10
1 Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria [for] a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7 [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
דִּבְּר֣וּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakדְבָרִ֔יםH1697 · da.varwordאָל֥וֹתH422 · a.lahto swearשָׁ֖וְאH7723 · shavvanity: falseכָּרֹ֣תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutבְּרִ֑יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantוּפָרַ֤חH6524 · pa.rachto sproutכָּרֹאשׁ֙H7219 · roshpoisonמִשְׁפָּ֔טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementעַ֖לH5921 · aluponתַּלְמֵ֥יH8525 · te.lemfurrowשָׂדָֽי׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,Amos 6:12Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:Hosea 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.Ezekiel 17:13-19And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:Deuteronomy 29:18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;2 Kings 17:3-4Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.2 Timothy 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,Hosea 6:7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.Romans 1:31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:Acts 8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.Revelation 8:10-11And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;Isaiah 59:13-15In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
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