Hosea 10:10 (GNV)

Passage

It is my desire that I should chastice them, and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall gather themselues in their two furrowes.

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:8 The hie places also of Auen shall be destroied, euen the sinne of Israel: the thorne and the thistle shall growe vpon their altars, and they shall say to the mountaines, Couer vs, and to the hils, Fall vpon vs.

Hosea 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the daies of Gibeah: there they stoode: the battell in Gibeah against the children of iniquitie did not touch them.

Hosea 10:10 It is my desire that I should chastice them, and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall gather themselues in their two furrowes.

Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer vsed to delite in threshing: but I will passe by her faire necke: I will make Ephraim to ride: Iudah shall plowe, and Iaakob shall breake his cloddes.

Hosea 10:12 Sowe to your selues in righteousnes: reape after the measure of mercy: breake vp your fallowe grounde: for it is time to seeke the Lord, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "desire", "should", "chastice", "people", "shall", "gathered", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "desire" and "should", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "O Israel thou hast sinned from the..." into verse 11's "And Ephraim is as an heifer vsed...", so "desire" and "should" 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 "desire" and "should" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.