Hosea 10:13
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָרַשׁ
chârash
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad ...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
פְּרִי
pᵉrîy
fruit (literally or figuratively)
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בָּטַח
bâṭach
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →חָרַשׁ chârash
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be sil...
Study H2790 →Cross References
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil...
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
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