Hosea 10:14

¹² Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

¹³ You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

¹⁵ Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
KJV: Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
WEB: Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
ASV: Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
DARBY: And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children.
BLB: therefore will arise an uproar among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, like the destruction of Shalman [in] Beth-arbel on the day of battle, when a mother upon [her] children was dashed to pieces.

ÅB: Derfor skal det reise seg et krigsbulder blant dine stammer, og alle dine festninger skal ødelegges, slik som Salman[^6] ødela Bet-Arbel på stridens dag, da både mor og barn ble knust.
OTB: Vil et opprør oppstå blant ditt folk,
Og alle dine festninger vil bli ødelagt,
Som Shalman ødela Bet-arbel på kampens dag,
Da mødre ble knust med sine barn.
B1930: Derfor skal det reise sig et krigsbulder blandt dine stammer, og alle dine festninger skal ødelegges, likesom Salman Ã¸dela Bet-Arbel på stridens dag, da både mor og barn blev knust.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
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Habakkuk 1:10
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
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2 Kings 18:9–10
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
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Isaiah 13:16–18
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
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Amos 9:5
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
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2 Kings 18:33
Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
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Isaiah 22:1–4
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
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Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
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