Hosea 13
1 like/as to speak: speak Ephraim trembling to lift: exalt he/she/it in/on/with Israel and be guilty in/on/with Baal and to die
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
2 and now to add to/for to sin and to make to/for them liquid from silver: money their like/as understanding their idol deed: work artificer all his to/for them they(masc.) to say to sacrifice man calf to kiss [emph?]
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
3 to/for so to be like/as cloud morning and like/as dew to rise to go: went like/as chaff to rage from threshing floor and like/as smoke from window
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
4 and I LORD God your from land: country/planet Egypt and God exception me not to know and to save nothing lest me
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 I to know you in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet drought
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 like/as pasturing their and to satisfy to satisfy and to exalt heart their upon so to forget me
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
7 and to be to/for them like lion like/as leopard upon way: journey to see
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 to meet them like/as bear childless and to tear enclosure heart their and to eat them there like/as lion living thing [the] land: wildlife to break up/open them
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
9 to ruin you Israel for in/on/with me in/on/with helper your
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
10 where? king your then and to save you in/on/with all city your and to judge you which to say to give: give [emph?] to/for me king and ruler
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
11 to give: give to/for you king in/on/with face: anger my and to take: take in/on/with fury my
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
12 to constrain iniquity: crime Ephraim to treasure sin his
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
13 pain to beget to come (in): come to/for him he/she/it son: child not wise for time not to stand: stand in/on/with birth son: child
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
14 from hand: power hell: Sheol to ransom them from death to redeem: redeem them where? pestilence your death where? destruction your hell: Sheol repentance to hide from eye my (Sheol h7585)
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes. (Sheol h7585)
15 for he/she/it son: descendant/people brother: male-sibling be fruitful to come (in): come east spirit: breath LORD from wilderness to ascend: rise and to wither fountain his and to dry spring his he/she/it to plunder treasure all article/utensil desire
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 be guilty Samaria for to rebel in/on/with God her in/on/with sword to fall: kill infant their to dash in pieces and pregnant his to break up/open
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
