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Hosea 13


Hosea 13 - 1

When Ephraim spoke , there was trembling ; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal , and he died.

Hosea 13 - 2

Now they sin more and more and make cast images , idols skillfully made from their silver , all the work of craftsmen. People say of them , “ They offer human sacrifice ... (and) kiss the calves ! ”

Hosea 13 - 3

Therefore they will be like the morning mist , like the early dew that vanishes , like chaff blown from a threshing floor , like smoke through an open window.

Hosea 13 - 4

Yet I (am) the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt ; you know no God but Me , for (there is) no Savior besides Me.

Hosea 13 - 5

I knew you in the wilderness , in the land of drought.

Hosea 13 - 6

When they had pasture , they became satisfied ; when they were satisfied , their hearts became proud , and as a result ... they forgot Me.

Hosea 13 - 7

So like a lion I will pounce like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Hosea 13 - 8

Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them , and I will tear open their chests .... There I will devour them like a lion , like a wild beast would tear them apart.

Hosea 13 - 9

You are destroyed , O Israel , because you are against your helper.

Hosea 13 - 10

Where is your king now to save you in all your cities , and the rulers to whom you said , “ Give a king and princes ”?

Hosea 13 - 11

So in My anger I gave a king , and in My wrath I took (him) away.

Hosea 13 - 12

The iniquity of Ephraim (is) bound up ; his sin (is) stored up.

Hosea 13 - 13

Labor pains come but he is vvv an unwise son. When the time arrives , he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

Hosea 13 - 14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol ; I will redeem them from Death. Where , O Death , are your plagues ? Where , O Sheol , is your sting ? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Hosea 13 - 15

Although he flourishes among his brothers , an east wind will come — a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail , and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Hosea 13 - 16

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword ; their little ones will be dashed to pieces , and their pregnant women ripped open.