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Hosea 13

Ephraim's Idolatry

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 aWhen Ephraim  1spoke, there was trembling. He  bexalted himself in Israel, But through  cBaal he  2did wrong and died.

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And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves  amolten images, Idols  1 bskillfully made from their silver, All of them the  cwork of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the  2men who sacrifice kiss the  dcalves!"

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Therefore they will be like the  amorning cloud And like dew which  1soon disappears, Like  bchaff which is blown away from the threshing floor And like  csmoke from a  2chimney.

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Yet I have been the  aLORD your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know  bany god except Me, For there is no savior  cbesides Me.

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I  1 acared for you in the wilderness,  bIn the land of drought.

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As they had their pasture, they became  asatisfied, And being satisfied, their  bheart became proud; Therefore they  cforgot Me.

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So I will be  alike a lion to them; Like a  bleopard I will  1lie in wait by the wayside.

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I will encounter them  alike a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open  1their chests; There I will also  bdevour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.

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It is your destruction, O Israel,  1That you are  aagainst Me, against your  bhelp.

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Where now is your  aking That he may save you in all your cities, And your  bjudges of whom you  1requested, "Give me a king and princes"?

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I  agave you a king in My anger And  btook him away in My wrath.

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The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is  astored up.

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The pains of  achildbirth come upon him; He is  bnot a wise son, For  1it is not the time that he should  cdelay at the opening of the womb.

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Shall I  aransom them from the  1power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death?  bO Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting?  cCompassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Though he  aflourishes among the  1reeds, An  beast wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will  cbecome dry And his spring will be dried up; It will  dplunder his treasury of every precious article.

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 1Samaria will be held  aguilty, For she has  brebelled against her God.  cThey will fall by the  dsword, Their little ones will be  edashed in pieces, And their pregnant  fwomen will be ripped open.



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