Reading I
Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.
Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?
Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.
And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.
Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
