Hosea 10:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ “Israel was once like a well-trained young cow, ready and willing to thresh grain. But I decided to put a yoke^[a] on her beautiful neck and to harness her for harder work. I made Judah pull the plow and Israel pull the harrow. ^12 (A)I said, ‘Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you.’ ¹³ But instead you planted evil and reaped its harvest. You have eaten the fruit produced by your lies.

“Because you trusted in your chariots^[b] and in the large number of your soldiers,