the blades of the plow

Hosea 10:9–13a "Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there you have remained. Will not war again overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin. Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground. Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers his righteousness on you. But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception."

plow, sow and reap
©2-23-11 hannah mclean

you have
sinned against Me and
there you remain
midst the harvest of
Satan
reaping evil
and ingesting the fruit
of deception
you grovel
atop unplowed ground
overgrown with
thorns and thistles
that cover what
could be

o stretch out
your fair neck
that I may
set this yoke upon it
and let us plow
together
let us break up this
fallow earth
let us uproot the seeds
of wickedness
that have been sown
hidden
and now multiply

for even as the
blades
pound upon
the thirsty ground
till stony soil
moves beneath My gentle touch
know this
when righteousness
is planted
you will reap love
and lavishly
My presence
My magnitude
and worth
will delight you
as you seek Me