< Hosea 13 >

1 When spoke Ephraim trembling he lifted up he in Israel and he became guilty by Baal and he died.
According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and 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!
And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.
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 shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and as a vapour from tears.
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.
But I am the Lord your God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to you that you should go after them: and I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.
5 I I knew you in the wilderness in a land of drought.
I tended you as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
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 pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
7 And I became to them like a lion like a leopard on a road I will watch.
And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
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 by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
9 It will destroy you O Israel for in me in helper your.
O Israel, who will aid [you] in your destruction?
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 this your king? let him even save you in all your cities: let him judge you, of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince.
11 I gave to you a king in anger my so I may take [him] away in wrath my.
And I gave you a king in mine anger, and kept [him] back in my wrath.
12 [is] bound up [the] iniquity of Ephraim [is] stored up sin his.
Ephraim [has framed] a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
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.
Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is your wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of [your] children.
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 h7585)
I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is your penalty, O death? O Hades, where is your sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes. (Sheol h7585)
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.
Forasmuch as he will cause a division amongst [his] brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins [and] quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and [spoil] all his precious vessels.
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 shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up.

< Hosea 13 >