Hosea 12:12-Hosea 13:3 - Further Indictment Of Jacob's Heirs
12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife. He took care of sheep to pay for her. 13 Jehovah used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.
14 The people of Ephraim made Jehovah bitter. He will hold them guilty of murder. Jehovah will pay them back for their insults.
1 When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, people trembled. The people of Ephraim were important in Israel. Then they became guilty of worshiping Baal, so they must die.
2 They sin more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: They offer sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols. 3 That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.