Hosea 13

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Hosea 13

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When Ephraim spoke,^(A) there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.^(B)
But he incurred guilt through Baal^(C) and died.

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Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,^(D)
idols skillfully made from their silver,^(E)
all of them the work of craftsmen.^(F)
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice^(a) kiss the calves.”^(G)

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Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,^(H)
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,^(I)
or like smoke from a window.^(J)

Death and Resurrection

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I have been Yahweh your God^(K)
ever since^(b) the land of Egypt;
you know no God but Me,^(L)
and no Savior exists besides Me.^(M)

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I knew^(c) you in the wilderness,^(N)
in the land of drought.

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When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;^(O)
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.^(P)
Therefore they forgot Me.^(Q)

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So I will be like a lion^(R) to them;
I will lurk like a leopard^(S) on the path.

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I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,^(T)
like a wild beast that would rip them open.

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I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but Me.^(d)^(U)

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Where now is your king,^(e)^(V)
that he may save you in all your cities,
and the^(f) rulers^(g)^(W) you demanded, saying,
“Give me a king and leaders”?

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I give you a king in My anger^(X)
and take away a king in My wrath.^(Y)

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Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.^(Z)

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Labor pains come on him.^(AA)
He is not a wise son;^(AB)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.^(h)^(AC)

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I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem⁽ⁱ⁾ them from death.^(AD)
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?^(AE)
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.^(AF)

The Coming Judgment

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Although he flourishes among his brothers,^(j)^(AG)
an east wind will come,^(AH)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.^(AI)
The wind^(k) will plunder the treasury^(AJ)
of every precious item.

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^(l)Samaria^(AK) will bear her guilt^(AL)
because she has rebelled against her God.^(AM)
They will fall by the sword;^(AN)
their little ones will be dashed to pieces,^(AO)
and their pregnant women ripped open.^(AP)

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 13:2: Or Those who make human sacrifices

b. Hosea 13:4: DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of

c. Hosea 13:5: LXX, Syr read fed

d. Hosea 13:9: LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?

e. Hosea 13:10: LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king

f. Hosea 13:10: Lit your

g. Hosea 13:10: Or judges

h. Hosea 13:13: Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons

i. Hosea 13:14: Or Should I ransom . . . Should I redeem . . . ?

j. Hosea 13:15: Or among reeds

k. Hosea 13:15: Probably the Assyrian king

l. Hosea 13:16: Hs 14:1 in Hb

Cross references:

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

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

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

F. Hosea 13:2: Hosea 8:6

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

H. Hosea 13:3: Hosea 6:4

I. Hosea 13:3: Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13; Daniel 2:35

J. Hosea 13:3: Psalm 68:2

K. Hosea 13:4: Hosea 12:9

L. Hosea 13:4: Exodus 20:3

M. Hosea 13:4: Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21-22

N. Hosea 13:5: Deuteronomy 32:10

O. Hosea 13:6: Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 32:13-15; Jeremiah 5:7

P. Hosea 13:6: Hosea 7:14

Q. Hosea 13:6: Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 8:14

R. Hosea 13:7: Hosea 5:14

S. Hosea 13:7: Jeremiah 5:6

T. Hosea 13:8: Psalm 50:22

U. Hosea 13:9: Jeremiah 2:17; Jeremiah 2:19; Malachi 1:12-13

V. Hosea 13:10: 2 Kings 17:4; Hosea 8:4

W. Hosea 13:10: Hosea 7:7

X. Hosea 13:11: 1 Samuel 8:7

Y. Hosea 13:11: 1 Kings 14:7-10; Hosea 10:7

Z. Hosea 13:12: Deuteronomy 32:34-35; Job 14:17; Romans 2:5

AA. Hosea 13:13: Micah 4:9-10

AB. Hosea 13:13: Deuteronomy 32:6

AC. Hosea 13:13: Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 66:9

AD. Hosea 13:14: Hosea 6:1-2

AE. Hosea 13:14: 1 Corinthians 15:55

AF. Hosea 13:14: Jeremiah 20:16; Jeremiah 31:35-37

AG. Hosea 13:15: Genesis 49:22

AH. Hosea 13:15: Genesis 41:6; Jeremiah 4:11-12; Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12

AI. Hosea 13:15: Jeremiah 51:36

AJ. Hosea 13:15: Jeremiah 20:5

AK. Hosea 13:16: Hosea 7:1

AL. Hosea 13:16: Hosea 10:2

AM. Hosea 13:16: Hosea 7:14

AN. Hosea 13:16: Hosea 11:6

AO. Hosea 13:16: Hosea 10:14

AP. Hosea 13:16: 2 Kings 15:16