Hosea 10:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲרַשְׁתֶּם־רֶ֛שַׁע עַוְלָ֥תָה קְצַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם פְּרִי־כָ֑חַשׁ כִּֽי־בָטַ֥חְתָּ בְדַרְכְּךָ֖ בְּרֹ֥ב גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

You have ḥăraštem-rešaʿ, ʿawlātāh you have qəṣartem, you have ʾăkaltem pərî-kāḥaš; for you have bāṭaḥtā in your darkəkā, in the multitude of your gibbôreykā.

Grammar Details

*ḥăraštem*: verb, Qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you have plowed
*rešaʿ*: noun, masculine, singular - wickedness
*ʿawlātāh*: noun, feminine, singular - injustice/iniquity
*qəṣartem*: verb, Qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you have reaped
*ʾăkaltem*: verb, Qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you have eaten
*pərî*: noun, masculine, singular construct - fruit of
*kāḥaš*: noun, masculine, singular - falsehood/lies
*bāṭaḥtā*: verb, Qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have trusted
*darkəkā*: noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person, masculine, singular suffix - your way
*gibbôreykā*: noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person, masculine, singular suffix - your mighty men/warriors

Word Meanings

*ḥăraštem*: you have plowed/you have devised

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Referenced Verses

Job 4:8 : 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
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.
Hos 11:12 : 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Hos 7:3 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon].
Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Prov 18:20-21 : 20 A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

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