C. Eating the fruit of lies means taking the deception wholly and completely. All three of these verbs are qal perfect, which describes here a completed past event. The action is complete. And Hosea focuses this cosmic complex on Israel's wrong trust in the might of men. The way of Israel is human power - the power of the alliance, and the power of the sword.
Human viewpoint leads to human dependence.
Trusting in human power is tantamount to the rejection of divine power. The crash of battle will arise among them. This is the assault of Assyria. These are verbs in the perfect tense, showing the certain futurity of these events. They are the future prophetic perfect.