| Hosea 13:1 |
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. / He exalted himself in Israel; / But he trespassed through Baal and died. |
| Hosea 13:2 |
And now they sin more and more / And make molten images for themselves out of their silver, / Idols according to their own understanding, / All of it the work of craftsmen. / Of them they say, / Let the men who sacrifice / Kiss the calves. |
| Hosea 13:3 |
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud / And like dew that departs early, / Like chaff driven by a storm wind from the threshing floor / And like smoke from a window vent. |
| Hosea 13:4 |
But I have been Jehovah your God / Since the land of Egypt; / And you were to know no god except Me, / For there is no savior besides Me. |
| Hosea 13:5 |
I knew you in the wilderness, / In the land of great drought. |
| Hosea 13:6 |
According to their pasturage they became full; / They became full, and their heart was exalted; / Therefore they have forgotten Me. |
| Hosea 13:7 |
Thus I will be to them like a lion; / Like a leopard I will watch [them] along the way. |
| Hosea 13:8 |
I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, / And I will tear away the covering of their heart; / And I will devour them there like a lioness; / The beast of the field will tear them to pieces. |
| Hosea 13:9 |
[It is] your destruction, O Israel, / That you are against Me, against your help. |
| Hosea 13:10 |
Where then is your king, / That he may save you in all your cities, / And your judges of whom you said, / Give me a king and some princes? |
| Hosea 13:11 |
I gave you a king in My anger / And took [him] away in My overflowing wrath. |
| Hosea 13:12 |
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; / His sin is laid up in store. |
| Hosea 13:13 |
The pains of a woman giving birth will come upon him. / He is an unwise son; / For he should not delay at the time / The children break forth. |
| Hosea 13:14 |
From the power of Sheol I will ransom them; / From death I will redeem them. / Where are your plagues, O death? / Where is your destruction, O Sheol? / Repentance will be hidden from My eyes. |
| Hosea 13:15 |
Even if he should be fruitful among [his] brothers, / An east wind will come, / A wind of Jehovah / Coming up from the wilderness, / And his spring will become dry, / And his fountain will be dried up. / He will plunder the treasure / Of every desirable vessel. |
| Hosea 13:16 |
Samaria will be guilty, / For she rebelled against her God. / They will fall by the sword; / Their children will be dashed in pieces, / And their pregnant women will be ripped up. |