Hosea 13:3

Hosea 13:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, they will disappear like the morning mist, like dew in the morning sun, like chaff blown by the wind, like smoke from a chimney.

Context of Hosea 13:3

1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!" Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window. 4But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. 5It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;

Hosea 13:3 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיוּ֙ כַּעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הֹלֵ֑ךְ כְּמֹץ֙ יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore they shall be as the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• and as the earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• dewטַלţal · dewH2919
• that passeth awayהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• as the chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671
• is driven with the whirlwindסָעַרsâ‛ar · to rageH5590
• out of the floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• and as the smokeעָשָׁן‛âshân · smokeH6227
• out of the chimneyאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699

Cross-references for Hosea 13:3

• Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
• Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
• Psalms 83:12who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."
• Isaiah 17:13The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
• Isaiah 41:15Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Therefore they shall be as the morning Cloud - as the early Dew - as the Chaff - as the Smoke - Four things, most easy to be driven about and dissipated, are employed here to show how they should be scattered among the nations, and dissipated by captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud - There is often a fair show of prosperity, out of God; but it is short-lived. “The third generation,” says the pagan proverb, “never enjoys the ill-gotten gain.” The highest prosperity of an ungodly state is often the next to its fall. Israel never so flourished, as under Jeroboam II. Bright and glistening with light is “the early dew;” in an hour it is gone, as if it had never been. Glowing and gilded by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God judged idolatrous Ephraim by saying they would disappear (compare Hosea 6:4). Mist, dew, chaff, and smoke all represent things that do not last.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. they shall be as the morning cloud ... dew--(Ho 6:4). As their "goodness" soon vanished like the morning cloud and dew, so they shall perish like them. the floor--the threshing-floor, generally an open area, on a height, exposed to the winds. chimney--generally in the East an orifice in the wall, at once admitting the light, and giving egress to the smoke.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:3

• Chaff
• Chimney
• Cloud
• Dew
• House
• Idolatry
• Smoke
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Chaff
• Ransom
• Dew
• Hearth
• Hosea
• House
• Whirlwind
• Zechariah, Book of
• Window

Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings