Hosea 10:12 (LSB)

Passage

Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with lovingkindness; Break up your fallow ground, Indeed, it is time to seek Yahweh Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:10 When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.

Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will harrow for himself.

Hosea 10:12 Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with lovingkindness; Break up your fallow ground, Indeed, it is time to seek Yahweh Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; You have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have trusted in your way, in your abundant warriors,

Hosea 10:14 Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people, And all your fortifications will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth‑arbel on the day of battle, When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "view", "righteousness", "reap", "accordance", "lovingkindness", "break", "fallow", and "ground". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "view" and "righteousness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And Ephraim is a trained heifer that..." into verse 13's "You have plowed wickedness you have reaped...", so "view" and "righteousness" 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 "view" and "righteousness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.