10: 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the ⁸³goodness of their land they have made goodly ⁸⁴pillars.
⁸³Or, prosperity
⁸⁴Or, obelisks. And in vs. 2.

10: 2 ⁸⁵Their heart is ⁸⁶divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
⁸⁵Or, he hath divided their heart;
⁸⁶Or, smooth;

10: 3 Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
10: 4 They speak vain words, ⁸⁷swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment ⁸⁸springeth up as ⁸⁹hemlock in the furrows of the field.
⁸⁷Or, they swear falsely, they make covenants:
⁸⁸Or, shall spring up as the hemlock
⁸⁹Hb. rosh See Dt 29:18.

10: 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and ⁹⁰the black priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
⁹⁰Hb. Kemarim See 2Ki 23:5; Zp 1:4.

10: 6 It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to ⁹¹a king that should contend: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
⁹¹Or, king Jareb: Possibly Sin-ahhe-eriba [Sennacherib], though he was not king until 18 years after the fall of Samaria.

10: 7 ⁹²As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as ⁹³foam upon the water.
⁹²Or, Samaria is cut off with her king,
⁹³or, twigs

10: 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, ⁹⁴Cover ye us; and to the hills, Fall ye over us.
⁹⁴Or, Conceal ye us; ..., Fall ye up above us. Not necessarily in a destructive sense. Cf. Rv 6:16.

10: 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned ⁹⁵from the days of Gibeah: ⁹⁶there they stood; ⁹⁷the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.
⁹⁵Or, more than in the days of Gibeah:
⁹⁶Or, there have they continued;
⁹⁷Or, shall not the battle against the children of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?

10: 10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are ⁹⁸bound ⁹⁹to their two transgressions.
⁹⁸Or, yoked
⁹⁹Or, for

10: 11 And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.
10: 12 Sow for yourselves to righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and ¹⁰⁰rain righteousness upon you.
¹⁰⁰Or, teach you righteousness.

10: 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of ¹⁰¹lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
¹⁰¹Or, faithlessness;

10: 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise ¹⁰²among thy ¹⁰³people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
¹⁰²Or, against
¹⁰³Hb. peoples,

10: 15 ¹⁰⁴So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.
¹⁰⁴Or, So shall it be done unto you at Beth-el because