Hosea 10:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

Ḥālaq their heart; now they yeʾšāmû; he yaʿărōp their mizbəḥōtām, he yəšōdēd their maṣṣēbōtām.

Grammar Details

*Ḥālaq*: verb, Qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - divided/smooth
*yeʾšāmû*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they will be guilty/bear punishment
*yaʿărōp*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will break down/behead
*yəšōdēd*: verb, Piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will destroy/devastate
*mizbəḥōtām*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 3rd person, masculine, plural suffix - their altars
*maṣṣēbōtām*: noun, feminine, plural construct with 3rd person, masculine, plural suffix - their sacred pillars

Word Meanings

*Ḥālaq*: divided/smooth/flattering/deceitful
*yaʿărōp*: break down/break the neck/destroy

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Referenced Verses

Mic 5:13 : 13 and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;
1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Zeph 1:5 : 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 16:13 : 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot {G3756} serve God and mammon.
2 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Jas 1:8 : 8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye {G3432} {G2532} adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever {G302} therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
1 John 2:15 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
Isa 44:18 : 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jer 43:13 : 13 He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
Hos 7:8 : 8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hos 8:5-6 : 5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hos 10:5-8 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 6 It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7 [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water. 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
1 Sam 5:4 : 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.

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