Hosea 10:9-15 - Israel's Defeat Because Of Sin

⁹ Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
¹⁰ I will discipline them at My discretion;
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage
for their two crimes.

¹¹ Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
¹² Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the 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 your large number of soldiers,
¹⁴ the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.
¹⁵ So it will be done to you, Bethel,
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.