Hosea 13

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

²Now 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)
³Therefore, 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

⁴I have been the Lord your God^(K)
ever since^[b] the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,^(L)
and no Savior exists besides me.^(M)
⁵I knew^[c] you in the wilderness,^(N)
in the land of drought.
⁶When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;^(O)
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.^(P)
Therefore they forgot me.^(Q)
⁷So I will be like a lion^(R) to them;
I will lurk like a leopard^(S) on the path.
⁸I 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.
⁹I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but me.^[d]^(U)

¹⁰Where 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”?
¹¹I give you a king in my anger^(X)
and take away a king in my wrath.^(Y)
¹²Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.^(Z)
¹³Labor pains come on him.^(AA)
He is not a wise son;^(AB)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.^[h]^(AC)

¹⁴I 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

¹⁵Although 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.

¹⁶Samaria^(AK) will bear her guilt^(AL)
because she has rebelled against her God.^(AM)
They will fall by the sword;^(AN)
their children will be dashed to pieces,^(AO)
and their pregnant women ripped open.^(AP)

Footnotes

13:2 Or “Those who make human sacrifices
13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of
13:5 LXX, Syr read fed
13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?
13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king
13:10 Lit your
13:10 Or judges
13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons
13:14 Or Should I ransom...? Should I redeem...?
13:15 Or among reeds
13:15 Probably the Assyrian king

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