Hosea 10:13 meaning and explanation

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Hosea 10:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Hosea is speaking to the northern kingdom of Israel, and in verse 12 he had just called the people to sow righteousness and reap steadfast love. Here he turns that farming image against them: they plowed wickedness, so the harvest was injustice, and they ate the fruit of lies.

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