Passage
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
Hosea 10:2 (ASV)
Nearby Context
Hosea 10:1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.
Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
Hosea 10:3 Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
Hosea 10:4 They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "heart", "divided", "shall", "found", "guilty", "smite", "altars", and "destroy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heart" and "divided", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Israel is a luxuriant vine that putteth..." into verse 3's "Surely now shall they say We have...", so "heart" and "divided" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heart" and "divided" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.