NET Bible
"When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins."
— Hosea 10:10, NET Bible
“It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.”
“When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions. ”
“When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.”
“According to my desire, I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities.”
“I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.”
“It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.”
Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.
The high places of the“House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” and to the hills,“Fall on us!”
Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?
When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.
Fertility Imagery: Plowing, Sowing, and Reaping Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.