Hosea 10:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD 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 and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD 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 the 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 the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Jas 1:8 : 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the 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 then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Isa 44:18 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jer 43:13 : 13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Hos 7:8 : 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hos 8:5-6 : 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hos 10:5-8 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 6 It shall be also 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 the 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 become desolate; 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 the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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