Hosea 13

1According to the word of Ephraim, He received ordinances for himself in Israel And established them for Baal; then he died.

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2So now they have sinned increasingly And have made for themselves A molten image with their silver, According to the fashion of idols, The work of craftsmen done for them. They say, 'Sacrifice men, For the calves have come to an end.'

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3Therefore they shall be as a morning cloud And as the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown away from the threshing floor And as smoke out of the chimney.

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4'But I am the Lord your God, Who makes the heaven firm and creates the earth, Whose hands have created the whole host of heaven. But I did not show them to you that you should seek after them. I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; And there is no Savior besides Me.

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5I tended you as a shepherd in the wilderness, In an uninhabited land.

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6When they had their pastures, They were completely filled, And their hearts were exalted; Therefore, they forgot Me.

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7'So I will be to them as a panther And as a leopard by way of the Assyrians.

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8I will meet them as an excited she-bear, And I will rend the hardness of their heart. The lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; The wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.

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9'O Israel, who will help you in your destruction?

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10Where is this king of yours? Let him save you in all your cities. Let him judge you, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and a prince.'

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11Thus I gave you a king in My anger And took him back in My wrath.

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12'Ephraim is a conspiracy of unrighteousness; His sin is hidden.

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13Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him. He is your unwise son, For he shall not stand in the destruction of your children.

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14'I will deliver them out of the hand of Hades And will redeem them from death. Where is your penalty, O death? O Hades, where is your sting? Pity is hidden from My eyes.'

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15Forasmuch as he will cause A division among his brethren, The Lord shall bring upon him A hot wind from the desert, And shall dry up his springs And drain his fountains. He shall dry up his land And spoil all his precious vessels.

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