Hosea 13:1-2

Ephraim’s Idolatry

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^(A)When Ephraim ^(a)spoke, there was trembling.
He ^(B)exalted himself in Israel,
But through ^(C)Baal he ^(b)did wrong and died.

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And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves ^(D)molten images,
Idols ^(c)^(E)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the ^(F)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the ^(d)men who sacrifice kiss the ^(G)calves!”

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 13:1: ['Or ', spoke with trembling]

b. Hosea 13:1: ['Or ', became guilty]

c. Hosea 13:2: ['Or ', according to their own understanding]

d. Hosea 13:2: ['Lit ', sacrificers of, ' or, ', (among) mankind]

Cross references:

A. Hosea 13:1: Job 29:21; Job 29:22

B. Hosea 13:1: Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1

C. Hosea 13:1: Hosea 2:8-17; Hosea 11:2

D. Hosea 13:2: Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 10:4; Hosea 2:8

E. Hosea 13:2: Isaiah 44:17-20

F. Hosea 13:2: Hosea 8:6

G. Hosea 13:2: Hosea 8:5; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 10:5