Hosea 13

1 ♥ 📝 W hen Ephraim^H669 spake,^H1696 there was trembling;^H7578 he exalted^H5375 himself in Israel;^H3478 but when he offended^H816 in Baal,^H1168 he died.^H4191

2 ♥ 📝 And now they sin^H2398 more and more,^H3254 and have made^H6213 them molten images^H4541 of their silver,^H3701 even idols^H6091 according to their own understanding,^H8394 all of them the work^H4639 of the craftsmen:^H2796 they say^H559 of them, Let the men^H120 that sacrifice^H2076 kiss^H5401 the calves.^H5695

3 ♥ 📝 Therefore they shall be as the morning^H1242 cloud,^H6051 and as the dew^H2919 that passeth early^H7925 away,^H1980 as the chaff^H4671 that is driven with the whirlwind^H5590 out of the threshing-floor,^H1637 and as the smoke^H6227 out of the chimney.^H699

4 ♥ 📝 Yet I am Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 from the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714 and thou shalt know^H3045 no god^H430 but me,^H2108 and besides me^H1115 there is no saviour.^H3467

5 ♥ 📝 I did know^H3045 thee in the wilderness,^H4057 in the land^H776 of great drought.^H8514

6 ♥ 📝 According to their pasture,^H4830 so were they filled;^H7646 they were filled,^H7646 and their heart^H3820 was exalted:^H7311 therefore have they forgotten^H7911 me.

7 ♥ 📝 Therefore am I unto them as a lion;^H7826 as a leopard^H5246 will I watch^H7789 by the way;^H1870

8 ♥ 📝 I will meet^H6298 them as a bear^H1677 that is bereaved^H7909 of her whelps, and will rend^H7167 the caul^H5458 of their heart;^H3820 and there will I devour^H398 them like a lioness;^H3833 the wild^H7704 beast^H2416 shall tear^H1234 them.

9 ♥ 📝 It is thy destruction,^H7843 O Israel,^H3478 that [thou art] against me, against thy help.^H5828

10 ♥ 📝 Where^H645 now is thy king,^H4428 that he may^H165 save^H3467 thee in all thy cities?^H5892 and thy judges,^H8199 of whom thou saidst,^H559 Give^H5414 me a king^H4428 and princes?^H8269

11 ♥ 📝 I have given^H5414 thee a king^H4428 in mine anger,^H639 and have taken^H3947 him away in my wrath.^H5678

12 ♥ 📝 The iniquity^H5771 of Ephraim^H669 is bound up;^H6887 his sin^H2403 is laid up^H6887 in store.

13 ♥ 📝 The sorrows^H2256 of a travailing woman^H3205 shall come^H935 upon him: he is an unwise^H2450 son;^H1121 for it is time he should not tarry^H6256 in the place^H5975 of the breaking forth^H4866 of children.^H1121

14 ♥ 📝 I will ransom^H6299 them from the power^H3027 of Sheol;^H7585 I will^H165 redeem^H1350 them from death:^H4194 O death,^H4194 where are thy plagues?^H1698 O Sheol,^H7585 where is^H165 thy destruction?^H6987 repentance^H5164 shall be hid^H5641 from mine eyes.^H5869

15 ♥ 📝 Though he be fruitful^H6500 among his brethren,^H251 an east wind^H6921 shall come,^H935 the breath^H7307 of Jehovah^H3068 coming up^H5927 from the wilderness;^H4057 and his spring^H4726 shall become dry,^H954 and his fountain^H4599 shall be dried up:^H2717 he shall make spoil^H8154 of the treasure^H214 of all goodly^H2532 vessels.^H3627

16 ♥ 📝 Samaria^H8111 shall bear her guilt;^H816 for she hath rebelled^H4784 against her God:^H430 they shall fall^H5307 by the sword;^H2719 their infants^H5768 shall be dashed in pieces,^H7376 and their women with child^H2030 shall be ripped up.^H1234