Hosea 13

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1. 1When Ephraim spoke with trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he sinned by worshiping Baal, he died.
2. 2Now they keep sinning more and more. They melt down their silver to make cast idols — statues designed by human imagination, all of them nothing but the work of craftsmen. Yet they say, "Let those who sacrifice kiss the calf idols!"
3. 3Because of this, they will vanish like morning mist, like dew that disappears at dawn, like chaff swept off the threshing floor by a whirlwind, like smoke drifting out of a chimney.
4. 4"I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no god but me, because there is no savior besides me.
5. 5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6. 6As they were filled according to their pasture, their hearts became proud; therefore, they forgot me.
7. 7So now I will be like a lion to them; like a leopard, I will watch them by the road.
8. 8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and will tear open the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them apart.
9. 9Israel, you have destroyed yourself, but your help is in me.
10. 10I will be your king. Where is anyone else who can save you in all your cities? And where are your judges about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?
11. 11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
12. 12Ephraim's guilt has been bundled up and stored away. His sin is on record.
13. 13The pain of a woman in labor will come upon him. He is a foolish child — when the moment of birth arrives, he refuses to come out of the womb.
14. 14I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be your plagues. O grave, I will be your destruction. Repentance will be hidden from my eyes.
15. 15Even though Ephraim is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come—the wind of the LORD from the wilderness. It will dry up his spring and his fountain will be dried up; it will spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16. 16Samaria must bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God. Her people will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.