Hosea 13 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
13 When Ephraim spoke,(A) there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.(B)
But he incurred guilt through Baal(C) and died.
2 Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,(D)
idols skilfully made from their silver,(E)
all of them the work of craftsmen.(F)
People say about them,
‘Let the men who sacrifice[a] kiss the calves.’(G)
3 Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,(H)
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing-floor,(I)
or like smoke from a window.(J)
Death and Resurrection
4 I have been the Lord your God(K)
ever since[b] the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,(L)
and no Saviour exists besides me.(M)
5 I knew[c] you in the wilderness,(N)
in the land of drought.
6 When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;(O)
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.(P)
Therefore they forgot me.(Q)
7 So I will be like a lion(R) to them;
I will lurk like a leopard(S) 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,(T)
like a wild beast that would rip them open.
9 I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but me.[d](U)
10 Where now is your king,[e](V)
that he may save you in all your cities,
and the[f] rulers[g](W) you demanded, saying,
‘Give me a king and leaders’?
11 I give you a king in my anger(X)
and take away a king in my wrath.(Y)
12 Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.(Z)
13 Labour pains come on him.(AA)
He is not a wise son;(AB)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.[h](AC)
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem[i] them from death.(AD)
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?(AE)
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.(AF)
The Coming Judgement
15 Although he flourishes among his brothers,[j](AG)
an east wind will come,(AH)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.(AI)
The wind[k] will plunder the treasury(AJ)
of every precious item.
16 Samaria(AK) will bear her guilt(AL)
because she has rebelled against her God.(AM)
They will fall by the sword;(AN)
their children will be dashed to pieces,(AO)
and their pregnant women ripped open.(AP)
Footnotes
- 13:2 Or “Those who make human sacrifices
- 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of
- 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed
- 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?
- 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king
- 13:10 Lit your
- 13:10 Or judges
- 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons
- 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . ? Should I redeem . . . ?
- 13:15 Or among reeds
- 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king
Cross references
- 13:1 : Jb 29:21–22
- 13:1 : Jdg 8:1; 12:1
- 13:1 : Hs 2:8–17; 11:2
- 13:2 : Is 46:6; Jr 10:4; Hs 2:8
- 13:2 : Is 44:17–20
- 13:2 : Hs 8:6
- 13:2 : Hs 8:5–6; 10:5
- 13:3 : Hs 6:4
- 13:3 : Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; Dn 2:35
- 13:3 : Ps 68:2
- 13:4 : Hs 12:9
- 13:4 : Ex 20:3; 2Kg 18:35
- 13:4 : Is 43:11; 45:21–22
- 13:5 : Dt 32:10
- 13:6 : Dt 8:12,14; 32:13–15; Jr 5:7
- 13:6 : Hs 7:14
- 13:6 : Hs 2:13; 4:6; 8:14
- 13:7 : Hs 5:14
- 13:7 : Jr 5:6
- 13:8 : Ps 50:22
- 13:9 : Jr 2:17,19; Hs 6:1–2; Mal 1:12–13
- 13:10 : 2Kg 17:4; Hs 8:4
- 13:10 : Hs 7:7
- 13:11 : 1Sm 8:7
- 13:11 : 1Kg 14:7–10; Hs 10:7
- 13:12 : Dt 32:34–35; Jb 14:17; Rm 2:5
- 13:13 : Mc 4:9–10
- 13:13 : Dt 32:6; Hs 5:4
- 13:13 : Is 37:3; 66:9
- 13:14 : Hs 6:1–2
- 13:14 : 1Co 15:55
- 13:14 : Jr 20:16; 31:35–37
- 13:15 : Gn 49:22; Hs 10:1
- 13:15 : Gn 41:6; Jr 4:11–12; Ezk 17:10; 19:12
- 13:15 : Jr 51:36
- 13:15 : Jr 20:5
- 13:16 : Hs 7:1
- 13:16 : Hs 10:2
- 13:16 : Hs 7:14
- 13:16 : Hs 11:6
- 13:16 : Hs 10:14
- 13:16 : 2Kg 15:16
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