Hosea 10:11
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Ephraim is a heifer taught to love to tread out corn, but I passed over upon the beauty of her neck: I will ride upon Ephraim, Juda shall plough, Jacob shall break the furrows for himself.

an heifer.

Hosea 4:16 For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

Jeremiah 50:11 Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.

and loveth.

Hosea 2:5 For their mother hath committed fornication, she that conceived them is covered with shame: for she said: I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread, and my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink.

Hosea 3:1 And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress: as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes.

Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel: rejoice not as the nations do: for thou hast committed fornication against thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

Deuteronomy 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

but.

Hosea 11:4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.

her fair neck.

2 Chronicles 28:5-8 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter. . . .

Isaiah 28:24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?

Context
Retribution for Israel's Sin
10According to my desire, I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities. 11Ephraim is a heifer taught to love to tread out corn, but I passed over upon the beauty of her neck: I will ride upon Ephraim, Juda shall plough, Jacob shall break the furrows for himself.12Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 28:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, to serve Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and they shall serve him: moreover also I have given him the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

Jeremiah 50:11
Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.

Hosea 4:16
For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

Micah 4:13
But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor.

Lexicon
Ephraim
וְאֶפְרַ֜יִם (wə·’ep̄·ra·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

is a well-trained
מְלֻמָּדָה֙ (mə·lum·mā·ḏāh)
Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3925: To exercise in, learn

heifer
עֶגְלָ֤ה (‘eḡ·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

that loves
אֹהַ֣בְתִּי (’ō·haḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

to thresh;
לָד֔וּשׁ (lā·ḏūš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1758: To trample, thresh

but I
וַאֲנִ֣י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

will place a yoke
עָבַ֔רְתִּי (‘ā·ḇar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

her fair
ט֖וּב (ṭūḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2898: Good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare

neck.
צַוָּארָ֑הּ (ṣaw·wā·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6676: The back of the neck

I will harness
אַרְכִּ֤יב (’ar·kîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

Ephraim,
אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (’ep̄·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

Judah
יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

will plow,
יַחֲר֣וֹשׁ (ya·ḥă·rō·wōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

[and] Jacob
יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

will break the hard ground.
יְשַׂדֶּד־ (yə·śad·deḏ-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7702: To abrade, harrow a, field


Additional Translations
Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loves to tread out the corn; but I passed over on her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain ; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.

And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out [the corn]; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods.

And Ephraim is an heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the corn; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.

And Ephraim is a trained heifer -- loving to thresh, And I -- I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause one to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.
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