< Hosea 13 >
1 When spoke Ephraim trembling he lifted up he in Israel and he became guilty by Baal and he died.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
2 And now - they increase to sin and they have made for themselves a molten image from silver their according to skill their idols [is the] work of craftsmen all of it of them they [are] saying [those who] offer sacrifice of humankind calves they will kiss!
Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
3 Therefore they will become like a cloud of [the] morning and like dew rising early going like chaff [which] it is storm-driven from a threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
4 And I [am] Yahweh God your from [the] land of Egypt and gods besides me not you must know and [is] a deliverer there not except me.
“Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
5 I I knew you in the wilderness in a land of drought.
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to pasture their and they were satisfied they were satisfied and it was exalted heart their there-fore they forgot me.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
7 And I became to them like a lion like a leopard on a road I will watch.
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
8 I will meet them like a bear robbed of cubs so I may tear [the] cavity of heart their and I will devour them there like a lion animal of the field it will tear to pieces them.
I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
9 It will destroy you O Israel for in me in helper your.
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
10 Where? [is] king your then so he may save you in all cities your and rulers your whom you said give! to me a king and leaders.
Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 I gave to you a king in anger my so I may take [him] away in wrath my.
I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12 [is] bound up [the] iniquity of Ephraim [is] stored up sin his.
The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
13 [the] pains of [one who] gives birth They will come to him he [is] a son not wise if a time not he will present himself at birth of children.
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.
14 From [the] hand of Sheol will I ransom? them from death will I redeem? them where? [are] thorns your O death where? [is] destruction your O Sheol compassion it will be hidden from eyes my. (Sheol )
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol (Sheol ). I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol (Sheol ), where is your destruction? "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
15 For he a son brothers he flourishes it will come an east wind [the] wind of Yahweh from [the] wilderness [is] about to come up and it may be withered spring his so it may be dried up spring his it it will plunder [the] treasury of every article of preciousness.
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
16 It will be held guilty Samaria for it has rebelled against God its by the sword they will fall children their they will be dashed in pieces and pregnant [women] its they will be ripped open.
Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”