Hosea 10:1

¹Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones.

Hosea 10 continues the Lord's indictment against Israel, now focusing on the nation's prosperity as the very source of its apostasy. The chapter moves from a description of Israel as a luxuriant vine that produced fruit only for itself to a stark call for repentance and a warning of