Hosea 13

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

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 tearing them apart.

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

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

11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

1 ¶ When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

4 Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.

5 ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:

8 I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.

10 I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

15 Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

1 Because Ephraim taught terribly, he was exalted in Israel. Afterward they sinned through Baal, and were slain for it.

2 But now they make much more of their sins, and of their silver such images as they can devise, even idols, which are vain works of wrought iron. Neither do they preach of them, He that killeth calves, let him sacrifice men.

3 The same shall have the morning cloud, and the dew that falleth early, even as the chaff that is blown from the threshingfloor, and as the smoke from the wall of the fire.

4 And I am the LORD thy God, from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no other God but me, and no saviour without me.

5 For I took care of thee in the wilderness, in the dry land;

6 But because they are fed, and have enough, their heart is lifted up; therefore they forget me.

7 So will I be against them as a lion, and as a leopard in the way will I lie in wait for them.

8 I will meet them as a bear whose cubs are taken away, and will rend their hardened heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beasts shall tear them.

9 Israel, thou hast brought thyself into evil: for thy salvation is with me alone.

10 Where is thy king gone, to help thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou hast said: Give me kings and princes?

11 Well, I gave thee a king in mine anger, and will take him away from thee in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, and her sin is kept.

13 For they shall be afflicted as a woman in childbirth: for they are careless children. The time shall come, that they shall not tarry for the mourning of the children.

14 But I will deliver them out of hell, and save them from death. Death, I will be a poison unto thee; Hell, I will be a pestilence unto thee! But consolation is hidden from mine eyes.

15 For he shall bring forth fruit between brethren. The east wind shall come, and the LORD shall come up out of the wilderness, and shall dry up her fountain, and dry up her spring, and shall spoil the treasure of all the precious vessels. Ch. 14. v. 1. Samaria shall be desolate, for they have disobeyed their God. They shall fall by the sword, and their young children shall be broken in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be torn in pieces.