Hosea 10:14 (DRB)

Passage

A tumult shall arise among thy people: and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed, by the house of him that judged Baal in the day of battle, the mother being dashed in pieces upon her children.

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:12 Sow 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.

Hosea 10:13 You have ploughed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity, you have eaten the fruit of lying: because thou hast trusted in thy ways, in the multitude of thy strong ones.

Hosea 10:14 A tumult shall arise among thy people: and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed, by the house of him that judged Baal in the day of battle, the mother being dashed in pieces upon her children.

Hosea 10:15 So hath Bethel done to you, because of the evil of your iniquities.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tumult", "shall", "arise", "people", "fortresses", "destroyed", and "salmana". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tumult" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "You have ploughed wickedness you have reaped..." into verse 15's "So hath Bethel done to you because...", so "tumult" and "shall" 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 "tumult" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.