13 Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.
As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.
Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, `From the' increase of his lips he is satisfied. Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes.
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Commentary on Hosea 10 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 10
In this chapter,
Hsa 10:1-8
Observe,
Hsa 10:9-15
Here,