Book of Hosea, Chapter 13
Hosea 13 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 13 of Hosea—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ 1When Ephraim [a]spoke, there was trembling.
He 2exalted himself in Israel,
But through 3Baal he [b]did wrong and died. - And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves 4molten images,
Idols [c]5skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the 6work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the [d]men who sacrifice kiss the 7calves!” - Therefore they will be like the 8morning cloud
And like dew which [e]soon disappears,
Like 9chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like 10smoke from a [f]chimney. - ¶ Yet I have been the 11LORD your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know 12any god except Me,
For there is no savior 13besides Me. - I [g]14cared for you in the wilderness,
15In the land of drought. - As they had their pasture, they became 16satisfied,
And being satisfied, their 17heart became proud;
Therefore they 18forgot Me. - So I will be 19like a lion to them;
Like a 20leopard I will [h]lie in wait by the wayside. - I will encounter them 21like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [i]their chests;
There I will also 22devour them like a lioness,
As a wild beast would tear them. - ¶ It is your destruction, O Israel,
[j]That you are 23against Me, against your 24help. - Where now is your 25king
That he may save you in all your cities,
And your 26judges of whom you [k]requested,
“Give me a king and princes”? - I 27gave you a king in My anger
And 28took him away in My wrath. - ¶ The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is 29stored up. - The pains of 30childbirth come upon him;
He is 31not a wise son,
For [l]it is not the time that he should 32delay at the opening of the womb. - Shall I 33ransom them from the [m]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
34O Death, where are your thorns?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
35Compassion will be hidden from My sight. - ¶ Though he 36flourishes among the [n]reeds,
An 37east wind will come,
The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will 38become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will 39plunder his treasury of every precious article. - [o]Samaria will be held 40guilty,
For she has 41rebelled against her God.
42They will fall by the 43sword,
Their little ones will be 44dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant 45women will be ripped open.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or spoke with trembling
- ^ Or became guilty
- ^ Or according to their own understanding
- ^ Lit sacrificers of or, (among) mankind
- ^ Lit goes away early
- ^ Lit window
- ^ Or knew
- ^ Or watch
- ^ Lit the enclosure of their heart
- ^ Or But in Me is your help
- ^ Lit said
- ^ Lit it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children
- ^ Lit hand
- ^ Or brothers
- ^ Ch 14:1 in Heb
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 29:21, 22
- ^ Jg 8:1; 12:1
- ^ Ho 2:8-17; 11:2
- ^ Is 46:6; Je 10:4; Ho 2:8
- ^ Is 44:17-20
- ^ Ho 8:6
- ^ Ho 8:5, 6; 10:5
- ^ Ho 6:4
- ^ Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; Da 2:35
- ^ Ps 68:2
- ^ Ho 12:9
- ^ Ex 20:3; 2Ki 18:35
- ^ Is 43:11; 45:21, 22
- ^ De 2:7; 32:10
- ^ De 8:15
- ^ De 8:12, 14; 32:13-15; Je 5:7
- ^ Ho 7:14
- ^ Ho 2:13; 4:6; 8:14
- ^ La 3:10; Ho 5:14
- ^ Je 5:6
- ^ 2Sa 17:8
- ^ Ps 50:22
- ^ Je 2:17, 19; Ml 1:12, 13
- ^ De 33:26, 29
- ^ 2Ki 17:4; Ho 8:4
- ^ 1Sa 8:5, 6
- ^ 1Sa 8:7; 10:17-24
- ^ 1Sa 15:26; 1Ki 14:7-10; Ho 10:7
- ^ De 32:34, 35; Jb 14:17; Ro 2:5
- ^ Is 13:8; Mc 4:9, 10
- ^ De 32:6; Ho 5:4
- ^ Is 37:3; 66:9
- ^ Ps 49:15; Eze 37:12, 13
- ^ 1Co 15:55
- ^ Je 20:16; 31:35-37
- ^ Ge 49:22; Ho 10:1
- ^ Ge 41:6; Je 4:11, 12; Eze 17:10; 19:12
- ^ Je 51:36
- ^ Je 20:5
- ^ Ho 10:2
- ^ Ho 7:14
- ^ 2Ki 8:12
- ^ Ho 11:6
- ^ Ho 10:14
- ^ 2Ki 15:16
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