Hosea 10:10 (YLT)

Passage

When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:8 And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

Hosea 10:9 From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.

Hosea 10:10 When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> a trained heifer--loving to thresh, And I--I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause <FI>one<Fi> to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.

Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "From the days of Gibeah thou hast..." into verse 11's "And Ephraim FI is Fi a trained...", so "iniquities" and "desire" 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 "iniquities" and "desire" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.