Hosea 9:12

9:12 Even if they raise their children,

I will take away every last one of them. ¹ 

Woe to them!

For I will turn away from them.

Hosea 10:12

10:12 Sow righteousness for yourselves,

reap unfailing love.

Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves,

for it is time to seek the Lord,

until he comes and showers deliverance ²  on you.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “I will bereave them from a man”; NRSV “I will bereave them until no one is left.”

[10:12]  ² tn Or “righteousness” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “justice.”