TSK · Hosea 10:4

King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up to attack him; so Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!

He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land

Indictments Against the Cities of Israel and Judah At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.