Hosea · American Standard Version (1901)
Hosea 13 American Standard Version (1901)
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1 When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
2 Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
4 Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
4 “Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
8 I 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 lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
9 It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
10 Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
11 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.
15 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
16 Samaria shall bear her guilt; 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.
16 Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 11:2; Joshua 3:7; Numbers 27:16–23; Luke 14:11; Genesis 2:17
- 2 Isaiah 44:17–20; 1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 46:6; Hosea 2:8; Jeremiah 10:4
- 3 Psalm 1:4; Hosea 6:4; Psalm 68:2; Daniel 2:35; Isaiah 17:13
- 4 Isaiah 45:21–22; Hosea 12:9; Exodus 20:2–3; Isaiah 43:10–13; Isaiah 43:3
- 5 Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 2:7; Galatians 4:9; Psalm 142:3
- 6 Deuteronomy 32:13–15; Deuteronomy 8:12–14; Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Nehemiah 9:35; Deuteronomy 32:18
- 7 Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 5:14; Lamentations 3:10; Amos 1:2; Amos 3:4
- 8 2 Samuel 17:8; Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 12:9; Amos 9:1–3; Psalm 80:13
- 9 Jeremiah 2:17; Jeremiah 2:19; Deuteronomy 33:26; Psalm 146:5; Psalm 121:1–2
- 10 Hosea 8:4; 1 Samuel 8:5–6; Hosea 10:3; Zechariah 14:9; Jeremiah 2:28
- 11 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 16:1; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Kings 14:7–16; Hosea 10:3
- 12 Job 14:17; Deuteronomy 32:34–35; Romans 2:5; Job 21:19
- 13 Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 13:8; 2 Kings 19:3; Micah 4:9–10
- 14 Isaiah 25:8; 1 Corinthians 15:52–57; Revelation 21:4; Psalm 49:15; James 1:17
- 15 Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 17:10; Genesis 49:22; Jeremiah 4:11; Genesis 41:52
- 16 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Psalm 137:8–9; Amos 1:13
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And He went down of His own accord, that death might cast up those whom he had devoured, according to that which is written, I will ransom them from the power of the grave; and from the hand of death I will redeem them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)