Hosea 10 · Verse 2

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Hosea 10:2, King James Version

Hosea 10:2 in other translations

BSBTheir hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
WEBTheir heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
ASVTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
YLTTheir heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.
DARBYTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.
BBETheir mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction.
WebsterTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

What does Hosea 10:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. heart ... divided--(1Ki 18:21; Mt 6:24; Jas 4:8). now--that is, soon. he--Jehovah. break down--"cut off," namely the heads of the victims. Those altars, which were the scene of cutting off the victims' heads, shall be themselves cut off.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Their heart is divided - They wish to serve God and Mammon, Jehovah and Baal: but this is impossible. Now God will do in judgment what they should have done in contrition, "break down their altars, and spoil their images."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 10:1-8

The idolatry of Israel. (Hos. 10:1-8) They are exhorted to repentance. (Hos. 10:9-15) Verses 1-8 A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of the heart wholly after God, it would run strongly, and bear down all before it. Their pretences to covenant with God were false…

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Hosea 10:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חָלַ֥קcha.Lakit is slipperyH2505
לִבָּ֖םli.Bamheart theirH3820
עַתָּ֣ה'a.TahnowH6258
יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּye'.Sha.muthey will be held guiltyH816
ה֚וּאhu'heH1931
יַעֲרֹ֣ףya.'a.Rofhe will breakH6202
מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔םmiz.be.cho.Tamaltars theirH4196
יְשֹׁדֵ֖דye.sho.Dedhe will destroyH7703
מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם\׃ma.tze.vo.Tamsacred pillars theirH4676

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Cross references for Hosea 10:2

  • 1 Kings 18:21

    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.

  • Micah 5:13

    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.

  • James 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.

  • Zephaniah 1:5

    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;

  • Luke 16:13

    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.

  • Revelation 3:15-16

    I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

  • James 1:8

    A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

  • Hosea 10:5-8

    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: 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. 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. As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. 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.

  • Isaiah 44:18

    They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • Hosea 13:16

    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.

  • Jeremiah 43:13

    He shall break also the images of Beth–shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

  • 1 Samuel 5:4

    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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Their heart is divided. or, He hath divided their heart.
7:8; 1Ki 18:21; Isa 44:18; Zep 1:5; Mt 6:24; Lu 16:13; 2Th 2:11,12
Jas 1:8; 4:4; 1Jo 2:15; Re 3:15,16
break down. Heb. behead.
5-8; 8:5,6; 1Sa 5:4; Jer 43:13; Mic 5:13; Zec 13:2

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Context

  • Hosea 10:1

    Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

  • Hosea 10:2

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

  • Hosea 10:3

    For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

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Hosea 10:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dividióse su corazón. Ahora serán hallados culpables: él quebrantará sus altares, asolará sus estatuas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Leur cœur est flatteur; maintenant ils seront tenus pour coupables. Il abattra leurs autels, il détruira leurs statues;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gleißnerisch war ihr Herz, nun werden sie es büßen: er wird ihre Altäre zertrümmern, ihre Bildsäulen zerstören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Divisum est cor eorum, nunc interibunt; ipse confringet simulacra eorum, depopulabitur aras eorum.