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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Hosea 13:3

1When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, people trembled. The people of Ephraim were important in Israel. Then they became guilty of worshiping Baal, so they must die. 2They keep on sinning more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: “They offer human sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols.” That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys. 4“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me. 5I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.

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 6:4“What should I do with you, Ephraim? What should I do with you, Judah? Your love is like fog in the morning. It disappears as quickly as the morning dew.
• Psalms 1:4Wicked people are not like that. Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away.
• Psalms 68:2Blow them away like smoke. Let wicked people melt in God’s presence like wax next to a fire.
• Psalms 83:12They said, “Let’s take God’s pasturelands for ourselves.”
• Isaiah 17:13The people will make noise like raging water. But the Lord will yell at them, and they will run far away. They will be chased away like husks on the mountains being blown by the wind, like whirling dust being blown by a storm.
• Isaiah 41:15“I am going to make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp, double-edged teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them to dust. You will turn the hills into straw.
• Daniel 2:35Then all at once, the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were smashed. They became like husks on a threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain which filled the whole world.

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