Hosea 10:1 “Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his…”

Hosea 10:1

Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

American Standard Version

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 goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.

Geneva Bible 1599

Israel is a emptie vine, yet hath it brought foorth fruite vnto it selfe, and according to the multitude of the fruite thereof he hath increased the altars: according to the goodnesse of their lande they haue made faire images.

Darby Translation

Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues.

Young's Literal Translation

'An empty vine [is] Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.

Bible in Basic English

Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars.

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Cross references

“is”

Isaiah 5:1–7 Ezekiel 15:1–5 John 15:1–6 Nahum 2:2

Isaiah 5:1–7 · BSB

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Ezekiel 15:1–5 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

John 15:1–6 · BSB

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

Nahum 2:2 · BSB

For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.

“unto”

Philippians 2:21 2 Corinthians 5:16 Zechariah 7:5 Zechariah 7:6 Romans 14:7 Romans 14:8

Philippians 2:21 · BSB

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Zechariah 7:5 · BSB

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

Zechariah 7:6 · BSB

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

Romans 14:7 · BSB

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

Romans 14:8 · BSB

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

“to the multitude”

Hosea 8:11 Hosea 12:11 Jeremiah 2:28 Hosea 2:8 Hosea 8:4 Hosea 12:8

Hosea 8:11 · BSB

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

Hosea 12:11 · BSB

Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Jeremiah 2:28 · BSB

But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

Hosea 2:8 · BSB

For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

Hosea 8:4 · BSB

They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

Hosea 12:8 · BSB

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

“images”

Leviticus 26:1 1 Kings 14:23

Leviticus 26:1 · BSB

“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

1 Kings 14:23 · BSB

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

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