Hos Hosea, chapter Book of Hosea, chapter 13
Ephraim’s Idolatry
When Ephraim 13:1 Or spoke with trembling, he exaltedspoke, there was trembling.
He exalted himself in Israel,
But through Baal he incurred guilt and died.1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 9:7
And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves cast metal images,
Idols 13:2 Or according to their skillskillfully made from their silver,
All of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the 13:2 Lit sacrificers of; or among mankindpeople who sacrifice kiss the calves!”2Ki 17:17; 2Ch 28:3
Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which 13:3 Lit goes away earlysoon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like smoke from a chimney.Job 21:18; Psa 1:4
¶Yet I have been the Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know any god except Me,
For there is no savior besides Me.Exo 20:2; Deu 5:6; Hos 12:9; Psa 3:8
I 13:5 Or knewcared for you in the wilderness,
In the land of drought.Deu 8:15
As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their heart became proud;
Therefore they forgot Me.Deu 8:11; Deu 31:20
So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will 13:7 Or watchlie in wait by the wayside.Lam 3:10; Hos 5:14
I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their hearttheir chests;
I will also devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.
¶13:9 Lit It has destroyed youIt is to your own destruction, Israel,
That you are against Me, against your help.Isa 3:9; Jer 2:11
Where then is your king,
That he might save you in all your cities;
And your judges, to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?1Sa 8:5
I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.Job 34:30; Act 13:21
¶The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is stored up.Job 14:17; Jer 17:1
The pains of childbirth come on him;
He is not a wise son,
For 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of childrenit is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.Gen 35:18
Shall I ransom them from the 13:14 Lit handpower of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
Death, where are your 13:14 Or stingsthorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion will be hidden from My sight.Psa 16:10; Psa 56:13; Act 10:42; 1Co 15:55; Heb 2:14
¶Though he flourishes among the 13:15 Another reading is brothersreeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will dry up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.Ezk 19:12; Hos 4:19
13:16 Ch 14:1 in HebSamaria will pay the penalty for her guilt,
Because she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword,
Their children will be 13:16 Lit shatteredslaughtered,
And their pregnant women will be ripped open.Hos 5:9; Hos 11:6