Hosea 13

Berean Standard Bible

God’s Anger against Israel

1When EphraimH669 1 spokeH1696, there was tremblingH7578; heH1931 was exaltedH5375 in IsraelH3478. But he incurred guiltH816 through BaalH1168, and he diedH4191.

2NowH6258 they sinH2398 more and moreH3254and makeH6213 for themselves cast imagesH4541,idolsH6091 skillfully madeH8394 from their silverH3701,allH3605 of them the workH4639 of craftsmenH2796.PeopleH1992 say of themH559,“They offer human sacrificeH2076 H120and kissH5401 the calvesH5695!”23ThereforeH3651 they will beH1961 like the morningH1242 mistH6051,like the earlyH7925 dewH2919 that vanishesH1980,like chaffH4671 blownH5590 from a threshing floorH1637,like smokeH6227 through an open windowH699.

4Yet IH595 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430ever since the landH776 of EgyptH4714;you knowH3045 noH3808 GodH430 but MeH2108,for there is noH369 SaviorH3467 besides MeH1115.5IH589 knew youH3045 in the wildernessH4057,in the landH776 of droughtH8514.6When they had pastureH4830,they became satisfiedH7646;when they were satisfiedH7646,their heartsH3820 became proudH7311,and as a resultH5921 H3651 they forgot MeH7911.7So likeH3644 a lionH7826 I will pounceH1961 on them;like a leopardH5246 I will lurkH7789 byH5921 the pathH1870.

Death and Resurrection

(1 Corinthians 15:50–58)

8Like a bearH1677 robbed of her cubsH7909 I will attack themH6298, and I will tearH7167 open their chestsH5458 H3820. ThereH8033 I will devour themH398 like a lionH3833, like a wildH7704 beastH2416 tearing them apartH1234.

9You are destroyedH7843, O IsraelH3478,because you areH3588 against Me—against your helperH5828.

10Where isH165 your kingH4428 nowH645 3to save youH3467 in allH3605 your citiesH5892,and the rulersH8199 to whomH834 you saidH559,“GiveH5414 me a kingH4428 and princesH8269”?11So in My angerH639 I gaveH5414 you a kingH4428,and in My wrathH5678 I took him awayH3947.

12The iniquityH5771 of EphraimH669 is bound upH6887;his sinH2403 is stored upH6845.13LaborH3205 painsH2256 comeH935 upon him,but he isH1931 an unwiseH3808 H2450 sonH1121.WhenH3588 the time arrivesH6256,heH1121 failsH3808 to present himselfH5975 at the opening of the wombH4866.

Judgment on Samaria

14I will ransom themH6299 from the powerH3027 of SheolH7585; I will redeem themH1350 from DeathH4194.4 WhereH165, O DeathH4194, are your plaguesH1698? WhereH165, O SheolH7585, is your stingH6987?5

CompassionH5164 is hiddenH5641 from My eyesH5869.

15AlthoughH3588 heH1931 flourishesH6500 amongH1121 his brothersH251,an east windH6921 will comeH935—a windH7307 from the LORDH3068rising upH5927 from the desertH4057.His fountainH4726 will failH3001,and his springH4599 will run dryH2717.The windH1931 will plunderH8154 his treasuryH214of everyH3605 preciousH2532 articleH3627.

16SamariaH8111 will bear her guiltH816becauseH3588 she has rebelledH4784 against her GodH430.They will fallH5307 by the swordH2719;their little onesH5768 will be dashed to piecesH7376,and their pregnantH2030 women ripped openH1234.

Notes

1. Hosea 13:1 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 12 ↩
2. Hosea 13:2 Or “The men who sacrifice kiss the calves!” See 1 Kings 19:18. ↩
3. Hosea 13:10 Or Shall I be your King now ↩
4. Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? ↩
5. Hosea 13:14 LXX Where, O Death, is your penalty? Where, O Hades, is your sting? Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:55 ↩