My LORD’s BibleHosea 13
1When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
כְּדַבֵּר אֶפְרַיִם רְתֵת נָשָׂא הוּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֶּאְשַׁם בַּבַּעַל וַיָּמֹת׃ (3380)
See also: Proverbs 14:34, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 11:2, Romans 11:4, Genesis 2:17, Numbers 27:16-23, Joshua 3:7, 1 Samuel 15:17, Luke 14:11, 2 Corinthians 7:15, Numbers 2:18-21, Numbers 10:22, Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:16, Judges 8:1, Judges 12:1, 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Kings 12:25, 1 Kings 16:29-33, 1 Kings 18:18-19
2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
וְעַתָּה ׀ יֹוסִפוּ לַחֲטֹא וַיַּעְשׂוּ לָהֶם מַסֵּכָה מִכַּסְפָּם כִּתְבוּנָם עֲצַבִּים מַעֲשֵׂה חָרָשִׁים כֻּלֹּה לָהֶם הֵם אֹמְרִים זֹבְחֵי אָדָם עֲגָלִים יִשָּׁקוּן׃ (4383)
See also: 1 Kings 19:18, Isaiah 44:17-20, Isaiah 46:6, Jeremiah 10:4, Hosea 2:8, Exodus 32:4, Deuteronomy 27:15, Hosea 10:5, Habakkuk 2:18-19, Psalms 2:12, Hosea 4:17, Hosea 8:4, Romans 1:22-25, Romans 11:4, 2 Timothy 3:13, Numbers 32:14, 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Chronicles 11:15, 2 Chronicles 28:13
3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
לָכֵן יִהְיוּ כַּעֲנַן־בֹּקֶר וְכַטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ כְּמֹץ יְסֹעֵר מִגֹּרֶן וּכְעָשָׁן מֵאֲרֻבָּה׃ (2630)
See also: Psalms 1:4, Hosea 6:4, Zephaniah 2:2, Psalms 68:2, Job 30:15, Psalms 35:5, Isaiah 17:13, Daniel 2:35, Isaiah 41:15-16, Jeremiah 13:24, Matthew 3:12, Genesis 4:14, Job 21:18, Job 30:22, Psalms 83:12-17, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 30:28, Isaiah 40:24, Isaiah 57:13
4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
וְאָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וֵאלֹהִים זוּלָתִי לֹא תֵדָע וּמֹושִׁיעַ אַיִן בִּלְתִּי׃ (2875)
See also: Isaiah 43:11, Exodus 20:2, Exodus 14:13, Psalms 3:8, Isaiah 45:21-22, Hosea 12:9, Isaiah 43:10-13, Isaiah 43:3, Acts 4:12, Ruth 1:16, Psalms 81:9-10, Isaiah 44:6-8, Hosea 11:1, Jeremiah 2:6, Jeremiah 3:22, Revelation 7:10, Hosea 2:20, Hosea 13:10, Isaiah 63:8, Hosea 12:13
5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
אֲנִי יְדַעְתִּיךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאֻבֹות׃ (1955)
See also: Isaiah 58:11, Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:15, Psalms 142:3, Galatians 4:9, Exodus 2:25, Deuteronomy 8:12, Psalms 63:1, Jeremiah 2:2, Nahum 1:7, Numbers 20:11, Psalms 1:6, Psalms 31:7, Jeremiah 2:6, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Luke 9:12, Deuteronomy 31:21
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
כְּמַרְעִיתָם וַיִּשְׂבָּעוּ שָׂבְעוּ וַיָּרָם לִבָּם עַל־כֵּן שְׁכֵחוּנִי׃ (2444)
See also: Hosea 4:6, Proverbs 30:9, Deuteronomy 32:15, Hosea 4:7, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:13-15, Hosea 2:13, Deuteronomy 8:12-14, Isaiah 17:10, Ezekiel 28:5, 1 Timothy 5:11, Hosea 8:14, 1 Timothy 6:17, Deuteronomy 6:10-12, Deuteronomy 32:18, Nehemiah 9:35, Psalms 10:4, Ezekiel 23:35, Hosea 2:7, 2 Chronicles 12:1
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
וָאֱהִי לָהֶם כְּמֹו־שָׁחַל כְּנָמֵר עַל־דֶּרֶךְ אָשׁוּר׃ (1642)
See also: Hosea 6:1, Hosea 5:14, Jeremiah 5:6, Psalms 7:2, Jeremiah 25:38, Lamentations 3:10, Genesis 49:27, Job 10:16, Isaiah 17:3, Isaiah 42:13, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 25:30, Daniel 7:6, Hosea 2:10, Amos 1:2, Amos 3:4, Amos 3:8, Revelation 13:2
8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
אֶפְגְּשֵׁם כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל וְאֶקְרַע סְגֹור לִבָּם וְאֹכְלֵם שָׁם כְּלָבִיא חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּבַקְּעֵם׃ (3368)
See also: 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Samuel 17:8, Psalms 50:22, 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 17:12, Exodus 4:24, Amos 4:12, Isaiah 5:29, Daniel 7:5, Hosea 2:12, Psalms 80:13, Proverbs 28:15, Isaiah 56:9, Jeremiah 12:9, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 9:13, Amos 1:2, Amos 9:1-3
9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
שִׁחֶתְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־בִי בְעֶזְרֶךָ׃ (1610)
See also: Psalms 121:2, Jeremiah 2:17, Exodus 14:13, Jeremiah 2:19, Hosea 14:1, Deuteronomy 33:26, Hosea 8:4, Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalms 121:1-2, Psalms 146:5, Proverbs 6:32, Isaiah 3:11, Jeremiah 5:25, 2 Kings 17:7-17, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Psalms 22:29, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 46:1, Proverbs 8:36, Isaiah 3:9
10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
אֱהִי מַלְכְּךָ אֵפֹוא וְיֹושִׁיעֲךָ בְּכָל־עָרֶיךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּי מֶלֶךְ וְשָׂרִים׃ (3696)
See also: Hosea 8:4, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 8:5-6, 1 Samuel 8:7, Hosea 10:3, Zechariah 14:9, Deuteronomy 32:37-39, Judges 2:16-18, 1 Samuel 8:19-20, 1 Samuel 12:11-12, 1 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 17:4, 1 Chronicles 10:6, Psalms 10:16, Psalms 44:4, Psalms 47:6-7, Psalms 74:12, Psalms 89:18, Psalms 149:2, Isaiah 33:22
11I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
אֶתֶּן־לְךָ מֶלֶךְ בְּאַפִּי וְאֶקַּח בְּעֶבְרָתִי׃ (1483)
See also: 1 Samuel 12:13, 1 Samuel 8:22, 1 Samuel 10:19, Hosea 10:3, 1 Samuel 9:17, 1 Samuel 16:1, Proverbs 28:2, Numbers 22:20, 1 Samuel 8:7-9, 1 Samuel 15:22-23, 1 Samuel 31:1-7, 1 Kings 12:15-16, 1 Kings 12:26-32, 1 Kings 14:7-16, 2 Kings 17:1-4, Job 34:30, Hosea 3:4, Hosea 10:7
12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
צָרוּר עֲוֹן אֶפְרָיִם צְפוּנָה חַטָּאתֹו׃ (1608)
13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
חֶבְלֵי יֹולֵדָה יָבֹאוּ לֹו הוּא־בֵן לֹא חָכָם כִּי־עֵת לֹא־יַעֲמֹד בְּמִשְׁבַּר בָּנִים׃ (1624)
See also: Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 26:17, Micah 4:10, 2 Kings 19:3, Psalms 48:6, Isaiah 26:18, Jeremiah 30:6, Micah 4:9-10, John 16:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Proverbs 22:3, Isaiah 66:9, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:24, Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 13:21, Obadiah 1:7, Acts 24:25
14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
מִיַּד שְׁאֹול אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָטָבְךָ שְׁאֹול נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָי׃ (3207)
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:55, Isaiah 25:8, Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:52-57, Hebrews 2:14, Isaiah 26:19, Matthew 27:52, Revelation 6:8, Psalms 49:15, James 1:17, Job 5:20, Ezekiel 37:12, Hosea 6:2, 1 Corinthians 15:21-22, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Psalms 30:3, Romans 11:29, 1 Samuel 15:29, Job 33:24, Psalms 86:13
15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
כִּי הוּא בֵּן אַחִים יַפְרִיא יָבֹוא קָדִים רוּחַ יְהוָה מִמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה וְיֵבֹושׁ מְקֹורֹו וְיֶחֱרַב מַעְיָנֹו הוּא יִשְׁסֶה אֹוצַר כָּל־כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה׃ (3187)
See also: Ezekiel 17:10, Ezekiel 19:12, Revelation 16:4, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 18:17, Jeremiah 22:22, Genesis 41:6, Genesis 41:52, Genesis 48:19, Genesis 49:22, Isaiah 27:8, Jeremiah 51:1, Hosea 4:19, Genesis 41:23, Deuteronomy 33:17, 1 Kings 20:6, Job 18:16, Job 27:21, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 109:13
16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרֹון כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיֹּותָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ (3944)
See also: 2 Kings 8:12, Psalms 137:9, 2 Kings 15:16, Hosea 10:14, 2 Kings 17:6, Psalms 137:8-9, Isaiah 13:16, Amos 1:13, Luke 23:29, Hosea 11:6, Nahum 3:10, 2 Kings 17:5, Isaiah 13:18, Jeremiah 7:15, Micah 6:13, Matthew 24:19, Deuteronomy 28:50, 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 19:9-11