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 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, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died. 2Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!” 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. 4“Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me. 5I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great 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 6:4“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.
• Psalms 1:4The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
• Psalms 83:12Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.”
• Isaiah 17:13The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
• Isaiah 41:15“Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And 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