Hosea 10:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Mereka membual, mengangkat sumpah dusta, mengikat perjanjian, sehingga tumbuh hukum seperti pohon upas di alur-alur ladang.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Mereka membual, mengangkat sumpah dusta, mengikat perjanjian, sehingga tumbuh hukum seperti pohon upas di alur-alur ladang.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Adapun sumpah mereka itu, ia itu perkataan angin adanya, dan perjanjian mereka itu bohong; keputusan hukum mereka itu seperti kecubung, yang tumbuh di ladang.

Contextual Overview

¹ Israel [is] an emptie vine, [yet] hath it brought foorth fruite to it selfe, accordyng to the multitude of the fruite therof he hath encreased alwayes: accordyng to the goodnesse of their lande they haue made them faire images. ² Their heart is deuided, [therfore] shall they nowe be destroyed, [the Lorde] shall breake downe their images, he shall destroy their aulters. ³ For nowe shall they say, We haue no king, because we haue not feared the Lorde: and what shoulde then a king do to vs? ⁴ They haue spoken wordes, swearyng falslye in makyng a couenaunt: thus iudgement groweth as wormewood in the furrowes of the fielde. ⁵ They that dwell in Samaria shall feare because of the Calfe of Bethauen, for the people therof shall mourne ouer it, yea and the priestes also reioyced on it for the glorie therof, because it is departed from it. ⁶ It shalbe brought to the Assyrian for a present to the king Iareb: Ephraim shall receaue shame, and Israel shalbe confounded for his owne imaginations. ⁷ Samaria with his king shall vanishe away, as the fome vpon the water. ⁸ The hye places of Auen where Israel doth sinne shalbe destroyed, thistles and thornes shal growe vpon their aulters: then shall they say to the mountaynes, Couer vs, & to the hylles, Fall vpon vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

swearing: Hosea 6:7, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Kings 17:4, Ezekiel 17:13-19, Romans 1:31, 2 Timothy 3:3

thus: Deuteronomy 29:18, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 59:13-15, Amos 5:7, Amos 6:12, Acts 8:23, Hebrews 12:15, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:11

Reciprocal: Job 5:6 - spring out Proverbs 16:10 - transgresseth Jeremiah 5:2 - though Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath Habakkuk 1:4 - for Acts 24:25 - righteousness 1 Timothy 1:10 - perjured

Cross-References

Numbers 24:24
The shippes also shall come out of the coast of Chittim, and subdue Assur, and subdue Eber, and he hym selfe shall perishe at the last.

Isaiah 23:1
The burthen of Tyre. Mourne ye shippes of Tharsis, for there commeth such destruction, that ye shall not haue an house to enter into: and that there shalbe no traffike out of the lande of Cittim, they haue knowledge of this plague.

Isaiah 23:12
And he sayde: Make no more thy boast O virgin thou daughter Zidon, thou shalt be brought downe: Up, get thee ouer vnto Cittim, where neuerthelesse thou shalt haue no rest.

Ezekiel 27:12
They of Tharsis [were] thy marchauntes for the multitude of all riches, in siluer, iron, tin, and lead, whiche they brought to thy faires.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying: thus thou wast replenished and in great worship, euen in the mids of the sea.

Daniel 11:30
For the ships of Chithim shall come against him, therfore he shalbe sorie, and returne, and fret against the holy couenaunt: so shall he do, he shal [euen] returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenaunt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant,.... Those are other crimes they were guilty of, for which the wrath of God could not be awarded from them by a king, if they had one, or by any other. They had used vain and idle words in their common talk and conversation; and lying and deceitful ones to one another in trade and commerce, in contracts and promises; and so had deceived and overreached one another: they had belched out many "oaths of vanity" u: or vain oaths and curses; their mouths had been full of cursing and bitterness; and they made covenants with God, and their king, and with other kings and princes, and with one another, and had not kept them; and now for these things God had a controversy with them:

thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field; either the judgment of God, his wrath and vengeance for the above sins, rose up and spread itself in all their cities, towns, and villages; or rather the judgment and justice they pretended to execute, instead of being what it should have been, useful and beneficial to the people, like a wholesome herb, sprung up like hemlock, bitter and poisonous, and spread itself in all parts of the kingdom. Injustice is meant; see Amos 6:12.

u אלות שוא "execrationes vanitatis", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have spoken words - The words which they spoke were eminently “words;” they were mere “words,” which had no substance; “swearing falsely in making a covenant, literally, swearing falsely, making a covenant, and judgments springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.” : “There is no truth in words, no sanctity in oaths, no faithfulness in keeping covenants, no justice in giving judgments.” Such is the result of all their oaths and covenants, that “judgment springeth up,” yea, flourisheth; but, what judgment? Judgment, bitter and poisonous as hemlock, flourishes, as hemlock would flourish on ground broken up and prepared for it. They break up the ground, make the “furrows.” They will not have any chance self-sown seed; they prepare the soil for harvest, full, abundant, regular, cleared of all besides. And what harvest? Not any wholesome plant, but poison. They cultivate injustice and wickedness, as if these were to be the fruits to be rendered to God from His own land. So Amos says, “Ye have turned judgment into gall or wormwood” Amos 6:12; Amos 5:7, and Habakkuk, “Judgment went forth perverted” Habakkuk 1:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hosea 10:4. They have spoken words — Vain, empty, deceitful words.

Swearing falsely — This refers to the alliances made with strange powers, to whom they promised fidelity without intending to be faithful; and from whom they promised themselves protection and support, notwithstanding God was against them, and they knew it. All their words were vain, and in the end as bitter as gall.

Judgment springeth up as hemlock — As our land lies without cultivation, so that we have nothing but noxious weeds instead of crops; so we have no administration of justice. What is done in this way is a perversion of law, and is as hurtful to society as hemlock would be to animal life. All this may refer to the anarchy that was in the kingdom of Israel before Hoshea's reign, and which lasted, according to Archbishop Usher, nine years. They then, literally, "had no king."