< 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 the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.
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?]
And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.
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
So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
4 and I LORD God your from land: country/planet Egypt and God exception me not to know and to save nothing lest me
But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
5 I to know you in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet drought
I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
6 like/as pasturing their and to satisfy to satisfy and to exalt heart their upon so to forget me
When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
7 and to be to/for them like lion like/as leopard upon way: journey to see
So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;
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
I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
9 to ruin you Israel for in/on/with me in/on/with helper your
I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be 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, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.
11 to give: give to/for you king in/on/with face: anger my and to take: take in/on/with fury my
I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12 to constrain iniquity: crime Ephraim to treasure sin his
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.
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
The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
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 give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity. (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
Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
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 be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

< Hosea 13 >