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13 
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;

he was exalted in Israel.

But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

2 Now they continue to sin

and make themselves a cast image,

idols skillfully made from their silver,

all of them the work of craftsmen.

People say about them,

“Let the men who sacrifice[a] kiss the calves.”

3 Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes,

like chaff blown from a threshing floor,

or like smoke from a window.

Death and Resurrection

4 I have been Yahweh your God

ever since[b] the land of Egypt;

you know no God but Me,

and no Savior exists besides Me.

5 I knew[c] you in the wilderness,

in the land of drought.

6 When they had pasture,

they became satisfied;

they were satisfied,

and their hearts became proud.

Therefore they forgot Me.

7 So I will be like a lion to them;

I will lurk like a leopard on the path.

8 I 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,

like a wild beast that would rip them open.

9 I will destroy you, Israel;

you have no help but Me.[d]

10 Where now is your king,[e]

that he may save you in all your cities,

and the[f] rulers[g] you demanded, saying,

“Give me a king and leaders”?

11 I give you a king in My anger

and take away a king in My wrath.

12 Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;

his sin is stored up.

13 Labor pains come on him.

He is not a wise son;

when the time comes,

he will not be born.[h]

14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.

I will redeem[i] them from death.

Death, where are your barbs?

Sheol, where is your sting?

Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

The Coming Judgment

15 Although he flourishes among his brothers,[j]

an east wind will come,

a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.

His water source will fail,

and his spring will run dry.

The wind[k] will plunder the treasury

of every precious item.

16 [l]Samaria will bear her guilt

because she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword;

their little ones will be dashed to pieces,

and their pregnant women ripped open.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or Those who make human sacrifices
  2. Hosea 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of
  3. Hosea 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed
  4. Hosea 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?
  5. Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king
  6. Hosea 13:10 Lit your
  7. Hosea 13:10 Or judges
  8. Hosea 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons
  9. Hosea 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . Should I redeem . . . ?
  10. Hosea 13:15 Or among reeds
  11. Hosea 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king
  12. Hosea 13:16 Hs 14:1 in Hb