Hosea 10:2
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Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.

Their heart is divided.

Hosea 7:8 Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned.

1 Kings 18:21 And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Isaiah 44:18 They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.

Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

2 Thessalonians 2:11,12 That all may be judged who have not believed the truth but have consented to iniquity. . . .

James 1:8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

James 4:4 Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world becometh an enemy of God.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.

Revelation 3:15,16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. . . .

break down.

Hosea 10:5-8 The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the calf of Bethaven: for the people thereof have mourned over it, and the wardens of its temple that rejoiced over it in its glory because it is departed from it. . . .

Hosea 8:5,6 Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed? . . .

1 Samuel 5:4 And the next day again, when they rose in the morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threshold:

Jeremiah 43:13 And he shall break the statues of the house of the sun, that are in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.

Micah 5:13 And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues, out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will destroy the names of idols out of the earth, and they shall be remembered no more: and I will take away the false prophets, and the unclean spirit out of the earth.

Context
Retribution for Israel's Sin
1Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols. 2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.3For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?…
Cross References
1 Kings 18:21
And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim.

Hosea 10:8
And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.

Hosea 12:11
If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 13:16
Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.

Micah 5:13
And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues, out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

Zephaniah 1:5
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom.

Lexicon
Their hearts
לִבָּ֖ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

are devious;
חָלַ֥ק (ḥā·laq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

now
עַתָּ֣ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

they must bear their guilt.
יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ (ye’·šā·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 816: To be guilty, to be punished, perish

The LORD
ה֚וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will break down
יַעֲרֹ֣ף (ya·‘ă·rōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6202: To break the neck, to destroy

their altars
מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם (miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

and demolish
יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד (yə·šō·ḏêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

their sacred pillars.
מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃ (maṣ·ṣê·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4676: Something stationed, a column, an idol


Additional Translations
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.

They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall smite their altars, he shall spoil their pillars.

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.
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