Thematic Bible

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended through Baal worship, he died.

Hosea 13:2

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 craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Hosea 13:3

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

Hosea 13:4

Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.

Hosea 13:5

I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Hosea 13:6

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

Hosea 13:7

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

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 13:9

O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.

Hosea 13:10

I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

Hosea 13:11

I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.

Hosea 13:12

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

Hosea 13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long where children are born.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: pity shall be hid from my eyes.

Hosea 13:15

Though he is 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 plunder the treasury of every precious thing.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall become desolate; for she has 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.