Hosea 10:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זִרְע֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם לִצְדָקָה֙ קִצְר֣וּ לְפִי־חֶ֔סֶד נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְעֵת֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־יָב֕וֹא וְיֹרֶ֥ה צֶ֖דֶק לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Zirʿû to yourselves to ṣədāqāh, qiṣrû according to pî-ḥesed, nîrû to yourselves nîr, and it is time lidrôš ʾet-YHWH, until he yābôʾ and yōreh ṣedeq to you.

Grammar Details

*Zirʿû*: verb, Qal, imperative, masculine, plural - sow
*ṣədāqāh*: noun, feminine, singular - righteousness
*qiṣrû*: verb, Qal, imperative, masculine, plural - reap
*pî*: noun, masculine, singular construct - mouth/measure
*ḥesed*: noun, masculine, singular - lovingkindness/mercy
*nîrû*: verb, Qal, imperative, masculine, plural - break up/till
*nîr*: noun, masculine, singular - unplowed ground/fallow ground
*lidrôš*: preposition + verb, Qal, infinitive construct - to seek
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*yābôʾ*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will come
*yōreh*: verb, Hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will rain/teach
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine, singular - righteousness

Word Meanings

*pî*: mouth/measure/according to
*yōreh*: rain down/teach/shoot

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:3-4 : 3 For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Isa 45:8 : 8 Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Jer 29:12-14 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Ezek 34:26 : 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
Amos 5:4 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Amos 5:8 : 8 [ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Zeph 2:1-3 : 1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame; 2 before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Acts 2:18 : 18 Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Ps 105:4 : 4 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isa 30:23 : 23 And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

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