Passage
Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
Hosea 10:2 (DRB)
Nearby Context
Hosea 10:1 Israel 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.
Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?
Hosea 10:4 You speak words of an unprofitable vision, and you shall make a covenant: and judgment shall spring up as bitterness in the furrows of the field.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "heart", "divided", "shall", "perish", "break", "down", and "idols". 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 a vine full of branches the..." into verse 3's "For now they shall 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.