Hosea 13:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Now they continue to sin,
making for themselves molten images,
Silver idols according to their skill,(A)
all of them the work of artisans.
“To these, offer sacrifice,” they say.
People kiss calves
3 Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud
or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn,
Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor(C)
or like smoke out of the window.
4 I, the Lord, am your God,
since the land of Egypt;[b](D)
Gods apart from me you do not know;
there is no savior but me.(E)
Footnotes
- 13:2 Kiss calves: apparently a reference to a ritual gesture associated with the worship of Baal represented as a calf (1 Kgs 19:18).
- 13:4 I, the Lord…land of Egypt: according to 1 Kgs 12:28, Jeroboam introduced the calves used in the worship at the sanctuaries in Bethel and Dan with the words: “Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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