Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hosea 10:2

"Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars." — Hosea 10:2 (ASV)

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty:

A half-heart is no heart at all; and when men seem to go after God, and at the same time to go after their idols, they are not going after God. Their religion is vain. The good side is but a pretense; the evil side is the real thing.

He shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

Let us take heed then, dear friends, that we make nothing into an idol. The shortest way to lose the dearest object of your affections is to make an idol of him. He shall break down their altars. He shall spoil their images.

Sometimes this is done in great mercy to God's people, for there is no greater evil than for a heart to be happy in idolatry. Sometimes it is done in judgment upon the ungodly. They will not have the true God, and the false god shall be false to them.

He shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.