Hosea 10:4

Translations

Modern

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Traditional

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Literal

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in cutting a covenant, and judgment sprouts up like a poison in the furrows of the field.

Latin

Loquimini verba visionis inutilis, et ferietis fœdus; et germinabit quasi amaritudo judicium super sulcos agri.

Original

Hebrew

English

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Notes

Hosea 10:4

The corruption of justice is like bitter, poisonous weeds (Amos 6:12).

Events

Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC

Related verses

Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Amos 5:7
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
2 Kings 17:3–4
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
Ezekiel 17:13–19
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
Deuteronomy 29:18
Make sure there is no man or 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. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
Acts 8:23
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
2 Timothy 3:3
…unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Isaiah 59:13–15
…rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Glossary

Gall Hemlock Hosea, Book of Oath

Topics

Hemlock: A Poisonous and Bitter Plant Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Perjury: General Scriptures Concerning Swearing Falsely: The Wicked: Addicted To

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