en_tn/hos/10/10.md

Yahweh is speaking.

double iniquity

This refers to the many sins of Ephraim (Israel); it includes their worship of idols and their turning away from Yahweh.

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh

The nation of Ephraim is compared to a trained heifer - symbolic of God's training of his people, and his kindness to them by not putting them under a heavy yoke. (see: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will put a yoke on Ephraim;

The yoke symbolizes God's punishment. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Judah will plow; Jacob will pull the harrow by himself.

Jacob and Judah make up the nation of Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)

harrow

a term used in connection with plowing - probably branches pulled behind an animal to smooth the land and cover seed.