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 used to speak there was trembling; a prince was he in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and 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?]
And now they go on sinning. They make for themselves molten gods – idols of silver, skillfully made, wholly the work of smiths. Yet to such they sacrifice! And they who sacrifice kiss calf idols!
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 shall be like the morning mist, like the dew that early disappears, like the chaff which blows away from the threshing floor, like the smoke from the 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 it was I, the Lord your God, ever since the land of Egypt, you know no other god but me, nor has there been any savior except me.
5 I to know you in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet drought
It was I who shepherded you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
6 like/as pasturing their and to satisfy to satisfy and to exalt heart their upon so to forget me
When they were pastured they became full, when they were full their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot me!
7 and to be to/for them like lion like/as leopard upon way: journey to see
So now I will be to them like a lion, like a leopard will I lay in wait 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
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will tear open their chests, like a lion will devour them, and like a wild beast will tear them in pieces.
9 to ruin you Israel for in/on/with me in/on/with helper your
You are destroyed, Israel, by me, your only 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
I want to rule you! Where are your princes in your cities, those of whom you demanded, “Give me kings 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
I give you kings in my anger, and take them away in my wrath.
12 to constrain iniquity: crime Ephraim to treasure sin his
Ephrahn’s iniquity is gathered up, his sin is laid by in store.
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 pangs of childbirth come upon him, but he is an unwise child. For this is no time to refuse to leave 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)
Should I deliver them from the power of Sheol? Should I redeem them from death? Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your pestilence? Compassion is forever 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
Though he is flourishing among his brothers, there will come an east wind, the Lord’s wind, coming up from the wilderness. His fountain will dry up, his spring shall be parched. The wind will strip the treasury, all the precious things.
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, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their children dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
