Hosea 10: 1 - 3, 7 - 8, 12
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| 1
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Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased the more altars he built; as his country improved he improved his pillars.
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| 2
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Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.
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| 3
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For now they will say: "We have no king, for we fear not the LORD, and a king, what could he do for us?"
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| 7
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Sama'ria's king shall perish, like a chip on the face of the waters.
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| 8
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The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall upon us.
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| 12
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Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
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