Hosea 13:2

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Summary

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.

Now

2 Timothy 3:13

Have made

Habakkuk 2:18

According

Romans 1:22

Kiss

Bible References

Now

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of LORD toward Israel.

and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives here. For ye propose that which will bring upon us a trespass against LORD, to add to our sins and to our trespass. For our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against I

And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Woe to the rebellious sons, says LORD, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God,

But evil men and impostors will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.

Have made

For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols of their silver and their gold, that they may be cut off.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. According to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down, yea, they worship.

They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

What profits the graven image, that the maker of it has engraved it, the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

According

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

They have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

And the residue of it he makes a god, even his graven image. He falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for thou are my god.

Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save.

Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

But they are together brutish and foolish, the instruction of idols! It is but a block of wood.

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,

Kiss

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that LORD has anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

Yet I have reserved [for me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.